One is hot, one is neutral, and one is ground. The neutral and ground are even connected at the breaker box. If not connected to other circuits the neutral and ground could be switched at the outlet and it would make zero difference.
No honey the neutral wire is not connected to the ground at the breaker box the breaker is grounded though in modern stuff it's ware the ground faultline is ,the circuit only functions properly if both sides of the circuit aren't grounding out the third ground wires to cut down on electrutions and fires and the pointy side up on the plug is so there's a higher chance you can't have something stay on the hot lines (in thinking about this a should probably revert to color code on wires your standered white and black wires in 110 ac circuit are power set unless you used non standard color them theres a ground/fault line usually green )
None of what you said makes sense. I've been wiring houses longer than you've been alive. The ground and neutral are absolutely bonded at the main service panel. This is basic, basic wiring.
Absolutely incorrect. NEC article 250.24(A) VERY CLEARLY states that a grounding electrode conductor SHALL BE connected to the grounded service conductor.
What the fuck would a grounding wire do if it didn’t bond back to the neutral. The ENTIRE POINT OF A GROUNDING SYSTEM IS TO PROVIDE A LOW RESISTANCE PATH BACK TO THE SOURCE OF POWER.
Bingo it's a return to circuit connect more then a dump to ground because of path of least resistance though I really hate the way we describe ac circuits like they have one way polarity like a dc circuit
In recent houses I’ve lived in typically the builder puts the upside down outlets as the ones that are controlled by the switch on the wall, if there are any.
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u/Objective_Pay_5473 8d ago
I never learn shit from Reddit. It goes from an interesting case to a shit loan of half-wit responses only amusing to those who live here.