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Originally Posted by speedster123
yep
even though the ground [earth] is united with the copper water service, plus 2 eight foot ground rods, to the circuit breaker box, when the neutral wire gets wacked from either the 2 120volt wires on the pole.......    |
The way i see it is, if the wires were to touch outside the house it would just cause a short back to the electrical substation which would stop the supply of power to the house.