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In Reply to: Re: outlet strap question posted by Mike B. on December 18, 2006 at 08:00:37:
What you said worries me, too. But hell, it's a cheap tweak. The worst it could do is to prove that I'm just deaf afterall. This does not mean the same result will apply to you. Cheers.
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Keep in mind, the backstrap is tied directly to ground. Hysteresis is only critical in the hot and neutral legs IMO.
Because of the basic construction of all USA outlets (except the 39-cent variety, without any backstraps), the backstrap is the core of a one-turn inductor formed by the hot and neutral wires. If it is steel and has hysteresis, it will induce a nonlinear reactive voltage that appears in series with the AC source.
Hogwash. What you have is the power coming in at a right angle to the back strap on the hot leg, and very little on the neutral leg. Your scenario would require significant current flow on the neutral leg to create a inductor of any consequence IMO
opposite in direction.The ground current is zero (unless there is a ground fault). There is nowhere else for the current to go.
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