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   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:24:20 +1300, Your Name    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2025-12-28 23:22:48 +0000, Mark Jackson said:   
   >> On 12/28/2025 12:42 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   >>> Mark Jackson  writes:   
   >>>> On 12/27/2025 1:44 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   >>>>> Don't blame the electricians if you're shorted (pun intended); they're    
   >>>>> contracted and paid by the builder.   
   >>>>    
   >>>> While doing my thesis research I discovered that the floor receptacle   
   >>>> where I worked, although with a three-pin face, had no internal   
   >>>> connection for the safety ground.   
   >>>    
   >>> If the circuit is run in metal pipe, the conduit itself can act as the    
   >>> grounding conductor[*]. I believe that this was allowed by NEC in the    
   >>> past, so you won't find an explicit grounding conductor in that    
   >>> situation.   
   >>    
   >> The grounding pin receptacle was connected to *nothing*.  Had it somhow    
   >> been grounded the other half of the problem - hot and return flipped,    
   >> for most of the equipment on the island - would have instantly tripped    
   >> the breaker.   
   >   
   >New Zealand uses three pin plugs and sockets,   
   >    
   >   
   >but many devices do not actually have the third / earth pin on the plug.   
      
   Same here in the USA, but they are usually polarized (one pin longer   
   on top than the other).   
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