On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:25:20 -0500, "Rodney Kelp"
wrote:

If you look inside some power panels the white neutral is connected to the
same terminal block as the green ground wires.
What's the diff?

Perhaps you should do some reading on the MEN system. Here is an
publication from Australia which illustrates the hazards and reasons
for using it.

http://www.eso.qld.gov.au/publicat/men/men1.pdf

No matter where you live, if your electrical supply uses the MEN
system it will be very similar even for 115V.






"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
...
"Rodney Kelp" writes:

If you have a 2 wire house electrical system what's the difference
between a
3 wire system and installing a 3wire plug and jumping the ground pin to
the
white return line. I see no electrical difference between that and
running a
green wire all the way to the box and connecting it to the same place as
the
return line ground. If you know what I mean.

Functionally, there is little difference. However, safety-wise, they
are a world apart.

Nothing a user can come in contact with should ever be attached to
Hot or Neutral.

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