Yes but that will not protect your bathroom appliances etc. from being exposed to up to 240 volts. And perhaps the 120V rated GFCIs might fail at 240V.If i loose the neutral at the weather head on my house will i still have gfci protection in my bathroom ?
The last lost noodle I repaired smoked every gfi and afci breaker in the place. They did not have gfi recpts.
Yuppers. I think you are right. This was a cabin on its own well.Which brings up the topic of the extent to which the GES bond at the main will provide some protection against the lost neutral. Answer: Usually not at all.... Only exception to that is if a common metal water system lets all of your neutral current go through your neighbors noodle.
The last lost noodle I repaired smoked every gfi and afci breaker in the place. They did not have gfi recpts.
Which brings up the topic of the extent to which the GES bond at the main will provide some protection against the lost neutral. Answer: Usually not at all.... Only exception to that is if a common metal water system lets all of your neutral current go through your neighbors noodle.
I agree with GoldDigger, if you have a city water system and the GEC connection is good you might not even notice if you lost the utility neutral.
I agree with GoldDigger, if you have a city water system and the GEC connection is good you might not even notice if you lost the utility neutral.
Always keep your 240V heat strips or A/C running to minimize damage in the case of a lost neutral?That is an indisputable fact.
My point was that even without any GEC at all an open neutral can still go unnoticed if the loading is close to balanced.
Kinda what happened. The owner's said things were acting up for a while. Then the plumber was changing the electric water heater. He turned the breaker off and things went haywire. It was a 120V WH.Unless they where all on the same phase it would be odd for all them to get over voltage.
But a changing load in the home could swing which phase was high vs low.
Unless they where all on the same phase it would be odd for all them to get over voltage.
But a changing load in the home could swing which phase was high vs low.
If i loose the neutral at the weather head on my house will i still have gfci protection in my bathroom ?