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In the Thread: It’s mad, mad, mad... electricity.
Post Subject: Grounding vs. Neutral... againPosted by Paul S on: 2/20/2023
All that has been discussed at length many times this board. It seems that people continue to confuse neutral and ground, and I agree that it is confusing. Basically, any commercial "power company" power grid supply in the US will be grounded at a service entrance breaker box, and all neutral and also any ground wires will be routed literally to ground near the service box. Again, the neutral (typically white) wire between the component and the wall outlet IS connected to the service ground. A ground wire, so-called, is to ground "stray current". Ideally, "properly made" components are star grounded, so they not only do not need a ground wire, but using the ground wire can cause a ground loop. As for grounding cable shields, I just go with what "works". In an all-balanced system, everything is grounded.
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