Home Improvement → Re: Why is neutral conncted to ground in the fuse box/panel?

He's talking about electrical that is lethal unless handled properly. You can see from the many varied and mostly wrong advice that this is a problem. Someone working with electrical should have a basic knowledge of it especially the NEC.

nunya and whizkid are two very good sources for accurate info. Keep that in mind.

Jack, I agree with you about who should be listened to. But the OP only asked a question about if what he saw was correct or not. Nowhere did the OP say ANYTHING about making changes.

davidg had to jump in with no help at all saying the OP should not even be removing the cover. Well, that is the time I EXPECT people to ask questions and that is what the forum is here for. I also agree that code books and other forms of education are probably better than here, except in the case of whiz and nunya answering specific questions.

It is davidg who is in the wrong here stating what he did. The posts that garys_2k and mattmag are right on in my opinion. If I open something up and am not sure what it is I am seeing, I am going to ask a question. I would hope folks here would at least be a little more hospitable and at the very least just point me in the right direction to learn. Not the smartass comment he made.

i said if he does not know the answer to a very basic electrical question then he has no business in the panel UNTIL HE LEARNS. you don't learn by poking around in a live panel. whether you feel that way or not, it does not make my posting a warning to him wrong.

This is my last reply on this.

Where did he say he was POKING around in the panel? His statement was that he removed the panel and found the ground connected to the neutral. I can see that clearly without poking around in my panel.

So riddle me this, do you go and find a book and read up on everything before you ever remove a cover? I doubt it..

Also, just a little more respect in the WAY you reply would have averted all this.

in many panels an uneducated eye is not going to catch a N-G connection without really looking. in a panel where they are both on the same block it is obvious, but in a large number of panels they are on seperate blocks and you have to notice the bonding screw to see it.

as far as how i answered, i was more respectful than you have been. ever hear of someone posting from a tablet, i dunno about you but when i do my posts are brief.

He just asked a simple question, it wasn't like he said "Hey guys, I want to entirely rewire my house. I'm almost done and now I have some questions." He noticed something "in the place I currently live" that was puzzling and he asked about it. He wasn't unfamiliar with wiring and from his POV that bonding didn't seem "right." At no time did he say he was going to mess with it, change it or try to "fix" it.

He asked a simple question. Hollering about somehow not being qualified to open the panel was over the top -- as if someone asking why the occasional word is spelled with "i" after "e" shouldn't be allowed to write.