[SML] wire colors

Lou Poppler loupoppler at cableone.net
Mon Jun 29 16:22:02 UTC 2015


On 6/29/15, Bill Nelson via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
> He may have specified what is a "shared neutral" configuration - which is
> not
> the same as "ground and neutral are the same thing".

Well, yes and no.  The result of his design was a 4-pin connector,
with 3 3-Ø hot conductors, and one neutral shared among them.  The
"consultant" said to me, word-for-word, "Ground and neutral are the
same thing."  We did find that the metal cover of the floor pocket was
mechanically grounded back to the distro panel via the conduit, which
helped somewhat when exhibitors had modern electronic gear like sound
systems or computers.




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