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RE: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding

Posted by PaulMC (M) on September 12, 2009 at 06:01:41

In Reply to: Power Conditioning Question Concerning Grounding posted by O'Shag on September 11, 2009 at 15:37:21:

Yikes! Don't assume that because it is wrong and absolutely don't connect the neutral to the ground. While neutral is "the same" as ground because there's no voltage on it - it should never be used for ground. The neutral is the return current path of the juice. Ground is exactly that - something tied to a ground stake, water pipe (that eventually is in the ground) etc.
I would raise holy hell with your apartment people and get them to get an electrician in there that can run a proper ground.

They may tell you the building isn't setup for that - and that's OK as many older building never had grounded receptacles, but then they should have used two-prong outlets. In any case, either leave it alone or get someone professional to fix it, but do not tie the neutral to the ground.

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