On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:54:00 -0000, ":::Jerry::::"
strung together this:

What if some twerp has reversed the positive and neutral connections at some
point further back in the circuit ?...

With 'portable appliances' you can isolate them by pulling the plug out -
not so with fixed appliances IYSWIM.

Sorry, you've lost me here. I'm not quite sure what your question is.
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SJW
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