[SML] wire colors

[Bruce Purdy]

 Lou Poppler  wrote:
> 
> 2. "NEVER" interchangeable is the theory, and quite correct.  However,
> in practice, you find places like a certain shiny new city convention
> center where I once worked.  The first time a crew of IA electricians
> did a trade show, we found that all the floor pockets had 4-pin
> connectors for the 208-wye-120 and for the 480-wye-277 services.  The
> building management's "electrical consultant" who was a retired
> residential electrician, explained to us that "Ground and neutral are
> the same thing" and thus he had specced the 4-wire services on
> principle and to save money.

	Just to be clear, Frank, the above does NOT mean that we in the US treat neutral and ground interchangeably. It means that there are idiots who may do so … I’m sure you have dolts on your side of the pond as well. :-)

Bruce
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