Thank you for showing me exactly what I was looking for. I was pretty sure I knew how to do it, but it's been a long time. You gave me a great refresher.
as jdr9942 said...you hooked it up backwards from what you said in the whole video you said hot on the left and just before you shove it back together you show hot wire connected on the right...why.
That’s the second video I’ve seen this. I’ve heard that alternating current systems do not have polarity but I recon I’m still suspicious of this occurrence
Quick question. You said neutral is on the right. But when you were showing, line was on the right. So, is the diagram set up as if you are looking at it from the back? That would put neutral on the left looking from the plug side? Make sense? I want to hook up the right way.
yes that, but also I was confused earlier in the video when he first said the main breaker box left side was going to be his neutrals and the right side was going to be his ground, then changed that. I have a hard time understanding the reasons ground and neutral are seperated, and in this video he said it doesn't matter! My understanding is just that they MUST BE seperated even tho they have the same function of taking the circuit back to ground. The netural routinely gets power when the circuit is closed, but the ground only gets used if something goes wrong... like a loose wire touching the outlet housing. The ground wire creates an open which will short out the circuit breaker (and protect you from being zpped or a fire happening) I just did some surfing, and circuits will work with neutral and ground going into the same bus, but it's not the right way to install, there should be neutrals on one side and grounds on the other. There is always a bar that connects the two sides tho, again my confusion as to what the real difference between netural and ground it... but gets clearer a little every time I try to figure it out.
I finally got it. AC circuit coming off power line has to end in earth. It goes into main, on hot bus, over black wire, through load (appliance when switched on), then into white wire (neutral), back to neutral bus, which is connected by bar over to ground bus and into earth. What used to confuse me is that I didn't realize it all ends in earth. And it's a one way ride. I was always wondering what happens at the bus where neutral touches ground, wouldn't it go back through the ground wiring to the rest of the house ground wires? and the answer is NO, it doesn't want to go anywhere but Earth. If it gets to Earth, it doesn't want to go anywhere else. That is why the new rule I just learned is that "ground and neutral must only touch in 1 place - at the main" "no sub panels or outlets can have ground and netural touching." So it's still blows my mind that the electric power going into your house has a Neutral that is always going to ground and always going to Earth at all times! Huh, acutally now even that makes sense... as to the incoming power it's all shut off until it gets a path to ground (a load/appliance is switched on). Ok that still does not explain why the neutral from the power company has to go to your house ground. THat'll be another night hehehehehe. This video helps a lot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--n8CiU_6KqE.html
oh gosh I am wrong above... circuit does not want to end in earth. It wants to return to the power company via the neutral connection from house to power line. Power comes into house, through black yahhhda yadda, back over white, out house over neutral to power line. the difference in what comes into house and what goes back over neutral must be what the power meter is measuring. ground is there to protect house wiring from lightning strikes accel.wisconsinpublicservice.com/business/farm_voltage/electricity.aspx
Uhhh...it doesn't matter what bus bar you hook your neutral/ground to??? Don't think so...If your box doesn't have a bonded grnd/neutral, of course it matters. You ever been through an inspection by the bldg. dept? Did you fail it?
i bought a park model old retro 1958 blue moon i think... but it has no cord for the RV park where i have put it permanently its 50 ft.... anyway idk how to plug in. i did not realize it was set up for a regular mobile home. hook up. can it be done ? a
Thank you very much! I Was wondering which 30 amp I would need because the breaker box has a 30 amp but it's for 220. I do photography that's why the flower heart.
Sorry, but you dont connect a neutral to an earth. The starpoint of a high voltage transformer in your aerea is connected to the ground wich is the neutral in the house, which give you a total different polarity from the earth resistance connected from your home itself. Therefor the neutral + the line gives you the right Voltage, not the 2 (black) lines because that would give you a 220V tention. It dusn't mater on wich side the neutral and line is R or L, it dusn't matter in an AC cirquit. The tickness from the wire can be 6 mm², wich would be ok up to 40A.
+Ludo De Groote You better go read the NEC code book. As it clearly states "This means that the grounded (neutral) from the service must be connected to ground, and that the connection can be made by bonding the neutral bus bar to the grounding electrode." As any electrical engineer will tell you . You want the path to lead back to the source. That being the transformer. As the neutral is current carrying conductor. The ground insures that it can reach the transformer not an earth ground!
This looks like it might be the blind leading the blind. I would never trust a you tube amateur video for electrical info. The narrator does not even tell you to turn off main breaker AND test with a light to be sure. I am as much a do-it-your-selfer as the next guy but there is a reason why electricians must be trained and certified. Also it is an outlet not a "plug."
