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Old 03-27-2019, 10:18 AM   #18 (permalink)
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It is possible to get a potential difference between buildings caused by grounding impedance. The tie wire bleeds that off. Could be as high as 50 -100 volts and wouldn't be stopped by flipping breaker off. So grabbing the neutral could be interesting.

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