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Checking Neutral and phase wires.
This was a question that I could not answer in my last Electrical engineering sessional reports. 'How can you check phase and neutral wires?Explain." can anyone please help me answer this?
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What exactly do you mean by "check"? |
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You can check: Phase to phase Phase to neutral Neutral to ground Results depend on what your checking 208 1p, 208 3p, 240 1p, then there is a 3 phase high leg system. |
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 Originally Posted by MarkwithaK
probably it means "testing". I dont know exactly because it was my first Electrical Engineering sessional and the teachers dont tell everything we ask. |
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Let me add: If it's a 3 phase motor, you can look at phase imbalance. Both voltage and current. |
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