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Old 22nd Mar 2003, 23:39
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EchoTango
 
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The Star point is the Neutral, and is Ground BUT ONLY when there is a balanced load over the three phases.

Any imbalance over the three phases will cause a current to flow to that Neutral.

So DO NOT ASSUME THAT NEUTRAL = GROUND, especially when associated with DC networks. You need only tiny current flows thru that AC neutral to play havoc with DC instrumentation and control equipment.

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