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shocking earth

  • Thread starter Thread starter sinbad1000
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Lectrician said:
This 230v between live and neutral could be due to the earth volts being high, due to a L to E fault in the installation, or a reverse polarity.
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Another more sinister explanation is that the line & neutral are actually 2 lines from different phases.
 
what's all the fuss about? we need more of this sort of thing - it's good for evolution.
 
For those of you who visit the GD forum, I suspected it might be a gentleman called Joe... along with nearly a dozen other aliases!
 

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