What is the difference between Neutral and Earth

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth..

Answer / g.ravikanth

simply to say that Neutral is a return path in a circuit,
Earth is protection way.

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth..

Answer / sandeep bishla

Neutral is the star point of a three phase system and it is
zero potential after grounding it.
Earth is basicaly gound zero potential which is pobtain by
earthing pits and earthing plates in ground.

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth..

Answer / aftab alam

neutral is for protection of winding , is return path and
ground is basically ground zero potential used for
protection of mettalic body of equipment

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth..

Answer / hampanayak

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth..

Answer / gunasekaran

neutral is in zero potential when sys is balanced earthing
is always zero potential

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What is the difference between Neutral and Earth..

Answer / leopastin

Please send cable calculation

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