Recent content by josh25w

I am so sorry that I offended you. It sounds like you lost a few hours of sleep over the whole ordeal. I should have been more specific. What I was referring to was on the distribution side. A single phase circuit would include just one primary (energized conductor) and the neutral in a wye...

In a three phase AC power system, the purpose of the neutral is to carry the inbalance load of the energized conductors back to the source. If the system is completely blanced then there is no current on the neutral. There is no electrical pressure applied therefore no shock. On a single phase...