Reply to post: Re: Live and neutral

Why is the printer spouting nonsense... and who on earth tried to wire this plug?

vogon00

Re: Live and neutral

Hmmm...

>(This would be the same with DC, only you'd need to consider polarity instead of the phase.)

I don't believe AC Phase or DC Polarity matter.

It's Voltage difference/Potential difference/P.D. (Be it AC or DC) that causes the current flow and hence the electric shock.

The difference between 0V and 100VDC and 0V and -100VDC is still 100 volts...it's just the direction of the current that would be different, not the magnitude...

....or have I missed / mis-read something?

If I have, could you explain the bit in brackets? :-)

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