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TylerH
TylerH
16:07
I'm replacing an old outlet & found a ground wire running directly from a ground screw to a neutral's backstab connection. That's the same situation as diy.stackexchange.com/questions/11275/… right? (e.g. bootleg ground)
 
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Criggie
Criggie
18:23
Certainly sounds the same to me - I am not an american though, and your wiring practices are weird.
TylerH
TylerH
heh
we do a good job on cornering the market of 'weird'
Criggie
Criggie
18:47
I found something out recently that was equally weird - in Japan half the country runs on 60 HZ and half runs 50 HZ
that was a "uhhh really?" moment, but its true
that's partially why the Fukushima problems couldn't be covered by power from adjacent areas, because a different supply frequency.
Shalvenay
Shalvenay
19:25
@TylerH yeah, that's a bootleg ground, kill it with fire
@Criggie yeah, having your grid split like that kinda sucks, although HVDC does go a long way to ameliorating the issue provided you have enough intertie capacity
(the US has similar stupidity despite being on one frequency, even: look up ERCOT, the "Midnight Connection", and such)
@TylerH that the US does, electricity-wise
I'm not aware of anywhere outside of North America that has significant quantities of three-phase delta electric service
 
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Criggie
Criggie
22:27
yeah europe is Wye 3phase from memory, and its available is most homes by default.
Lucky bastards - we have to pay $silly to get 3phase
TylerH
TylerH
22:52
@Shalvenay Thanks; I figured as much. It wasn't even an original/older outlet like many others in the house so I'm pretty sure it was intentionally done to fool an inspection
what seemed dumb is there is a GFCI on the circuit already, but it's downstream

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