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Subject - current flow
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electricharge
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Is it true that a neutral wire, which may have low voltages flowing through it, may in fact be carrying large amounts of current. This is a surprise that I would read about this in an article, because I never thought that a ground wire had any potential voltage or current at all. Guess I will change my way of thinking about the dangers involved with electricity.
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JimmyDee
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because I never thought that a ground wire had any potential voltage or current at all
You need to understand that the ground wire is not the neutral. 2 different things. The neutral wire is a grounded conductor that is also a current carrying conductor. On a simple 2 wire circuit, the neutral carries the same amperage as the hot (ungrounded) conductor.
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Chris Clement
| Above is correct and the GROUND wire should have no current under normal conditions. It is there only for a fault current when something goes wrong.
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