Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!letni!rwsys!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk From: lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org (Lyn R. Kennedy) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: What's acceptable voltage ground-neutral? Message-ID: Date: 14 Apr 91 19:09:58 GMT References: <1991Apr13.131621.225@mandata@uunet.uu.net> Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb Lines: 25 jscott@mandata@uunet.uu.net (Jeff Scott) writes: > I measured the voltage between the neutral and ground on the outlets > around my home. Some read .25 VAC and some read .67 VAC (one or the other, > nothing inbetween). Any opinions on whether this is OK? > (All this talk about leakage current got me on this in the first place.) > > jeff scott > jscott%mandata@uunet.uu.net But did you read the voltage between your hands with a good DVM? :-) This should be OK around the house, the ground is mostly for safety and the important part is that it is acuually connected. There are simple testers that are supposed to tell you if the wires are connected and if correctly. If you find >10 VAC start getting real worried. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- lrk@k5qwb.lonestar.org lrk@k5qwb.UUCP 73, utacfd.utarl.edu!letni!rwsys!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk Lyn Kennedy K5QWB @ N5LDD.#NTX.TX.US.NA P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154 -------- "We have met the enemy and they are us." Pogo -----------------