Hey guys!! I have a question which most of you will probably feel like it's a dum question but I don't know the answer, so I'm gonna ask. I was changing a temp receptical at work and I was doing it "live". My boss was walking by and saw me so he stopped and said "I know your not working live"(that's a big no-no in my company). So being that the panel was about 50 feet from where I was, and I was feeling to lazy to walk all the way over there, i tried to trip the breaker by striking the hot across the grounding conductor but the breaker didn't trip. I was just wondering how is that possible. A coworker told me that the circuit wasn't grounded properly which I disagree with. If anyone knows, please post. Thank you!
In the third year of what? This is basic circuitry that should have been covered in the first year. You do not even have the correct terminology in your posts.
Am I missing something, isn't the thread title "Amateur Question". Sunny, if you are going to ask a question on a forum, be prepared for the answers. If you think they are insulting, look back at the question and ask yourself was that a dumb question.
Hey I knew that you guys was going to jump all over me but your not answering the question. I think it's because the grounding conductor was acting as a neutral. Am I right?
Even shorted to the neutral it would not matter. Where do the neutral and grounds connect to in service equipment? What is the purpose of the ground in the event of a fault?
Given the human reaction time of 1/10 of second and a breaker reaction time of 1.5 cycles, (trip timing of a typical breaker) I am truly doubtfull of your statement.
If the OP shorted the circuit the breaker should have tripped period.
Even shorted to the neutral it would not matter. Where do the neutral and grounds connect to in service equipment? What is the purpose of the ground in the event of a fault?
The significant bonding in this discussion is where the ground wire (equipment grounding conductor; EGC) from the receptacle in question connects to the fat service entrance neutral. Most likely this is through the ground bus bar of the breaker panel then through the back of the panel to the neutral bus bar.
The significant bonding in this discussion is where the ground wire (equipment grounding conductor; EGC) from the receptacle in question connects to the fat service entrance neutral. Most likely this is through the ground bus bar of the breaker panel then through the back of the panel to the neutral bus bar.
I hate it when someone insults my intelligence! I just asked if I was completing the circuit by touching the hot and GEC together and "YOU SAID NO". Then you come back with your last post. Your contradicting yourself here dude.
I'm wondering what the boss was thinking in having someone with no training, a self proclaimed "amateur", doing electrical work at a place of business.
I'm wondering what the boss was thinking in having someone with no training, a self proclaimed "amateur", doing electrical work at a place of business.
I never said that i was a amature, go back and read it again. And i do have training sir. I'm in my third year. And my boss likes me alot. I do great work. That's why I have gotten a raise every time I was evaluated
In the third year of what? This is basic circuitry that should have been covered in the first year. You do not even have the correct terminology in your posts.
Am I missing something, isn't the thread title "Amateur Question". Sunny, if you are going to ask a question on a forum, be prepared for the answers. If you think they are insulting, look back at the question and ask yourself was that a dumb question.
Well at times you guys are a really rough crowd but very informative. Despite the yelling and insults, I learn alot from this forum. That's why I'm gonna continue asking question dispite the beatings I may take
You will continue to take beatings until you stop working hot. Or, at least stop professing that you do. :whistling2: Many of us have taken the NEVER-WORK-HOT beating. I'll never do it again.
You said GEC when you should have said EGC. Same letters, but entirely different function.
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