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My earth circuit is connected to neutral

Posted by Terry Jones, on
My neutral and earth seem to be connected, everything works ok but if put a mains tester between live and earth I get 240v reading.
Russell Baron

Russell Baron

Hi Terry As replies below its all normal. You will get that reading between Live+Earth.You will also get that between Live+Neutral but if you test Neutral+Earth you will get 0v. What was your reason for testing the voltage? Thanks
Bogdan Banasiewicz

Bogdan Banasiewicz

TN-C-S system . I suggest to read info about it on web and you can understand why earthing and neutral connected together . Bogdan PROTON - Bogdan Banasiewicz Easy find on web
Chris Brown

Chris Brown

Perfectly normal. In lots of properties neutral and earth are connected at the electrical intake. If not they are connected at the local substation.

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