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From: johne@hp-vcd.HP.COM (John Eaton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Re: What's acceptable voltage ground-neutral? (it depends.)
Message-ID: <2470019@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Apr 91 14:25:38 GMT
References: <1991Apr16.153011.2278@dcs.simpact.com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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< To take this thread off on a tangent, I want to point out to anyone
< who is designing for US Navy shipboard applications, that on
< ships, neutral and ground are purposely isolated.  The reason
< for this is to make the power system more survivable; a ground
< in any phase causes no disruption to service.
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Darn! I always though that it was to make the power into a balanced system
which reduced the possibility of 60 hz emissions. 

John Eaton
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