[Gllug] OT: Mains electricity colour coding.

[Chris Bell]

On Tue 26 Oct, t.clarke wrote:
> 
> Hmm  - I always thought the ELCD/RCD tripped if the difference between current
> on the 'live' wire and the current on the 'neutral' wire was more than a small
> value???
> 
> Tim

   Correct, the neutral current goes in the reverse direction if it is
single phase, but what about a 3-phase plus neutral installation? OK, you
probably will be dead if you touch two phases, but lots of leakage of any
kind can result in a fire.

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