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Butcher · 07-31-2004, 11:55 AM

AC doesn't mean live and neutral can be swapped. That'll work for some stuff but not others - expecially anything which has the neutral wired to the case of the appliance.
In AC the neutral is kept at 0V while the live varies from +120V (or 240V) to -120V (or -240V).

07-31-2004, 11:55 AM	#24
Butcher Thermophile Join Date: May 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,064	AC doesn't mean live and neutral can be swapped. That'll work for some stuff but not others - expecially anything which has the neutral wired to the case of the appliance. In AC the neutral is kept at 0V while the live varies from +120V (or 240V) to -120V (or -240V). __________________ Once upon a time, in a land far far away...