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--- engineering:electrical:check_neutral_phase_ground_ac_wiring [2024/08/16 13:56] – ↷ Page moved from refractor_electrical_engineering:check_neutral_phase_ground_ac_wiring to engineering:electrical:check_neutral_phase_ground_ac_wiring carlossousa
+++ engineering:electrical:check_neutral_phase_ground_ac_wiring [2026/01/11 15:45] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== How to check Phase, Neutral and Ground of AC Wiring Using a Multimeter ======
-I'm by no means an Electrical Engineer but from time to time I have to do your typical DC wiring and soldering. But AC is a completly different beast to me, since I rarely have to interact with it.
+I'm by no means an Electrical Engineer but from time to time I have to do your typical DC wiring and soldering. But AC is a completely different beast to me, since I rarely have to interact with it.
-That's why this was done: so I can get this information quicker instead of burning stuff down and / or having 230V - or read that as 120V if you leave in 'Murica - rushing though my heart.
+That's why this was done: so I can get this information quicker instead of burning stuff down and / or having 230V - or read that as 120V if you live in 'Murica - rushing through my heart.
   * With the Power Supply / Lamp / LIVE **(BE EXTRA CAREFUL)**
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       * If you connected Neutral and Earth = 0 Volts
       * So the same wire giving the 230 Volts reading will be the Phase (Live Wire)
-  * Now you should know which one is the Phase so
+  * Now that you've identified the Phase Wire:
       * Shut of Power Supply **(SHUT IT OFF)**
       * Set meter to Ohms
-      * Connect between Earth and and another wire. If It reads 0 - or near - Ohms, that is Wire.
+      * Test Phase to Earth = should be open/high resistance
+      * Test Phase to the other wire = if it reads 0 - or near - Ohms, that is the Neutral wire.