Doug Miller wrote:
Neutral and ground are not the same. A two-wire system has a neutral,
but lacks a ground. Hot and neutral are sufficient to operate a light
bulb. Ground is not necessary for that purpose.

Right. That's why my post said "neutral / ground", implying one or the
other. Another poster correctly indicated that using ground in lieu of
neutral could cause a problem if a GFCI breaker were used on the circuit
in question.

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