Assuming you have an electrical system where the ground and the

>>8551330
>through the window
why through the window?
>for all the current
why all the current?
didn't they tell you that current follows conductance?

>>8551380
>why through the window?
Because not all rooms have a door outside.

>why all the current?
Because all the current passes through the rail.

>didn't they tell you that current follows conductance?
You're saying the path between the rail and my ground isn't conductive?

Can you experiment?

>>8551916
Too lazy.

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Didn't read the problem but heres the solution.

>>8551330
>would I create an additional return path for all the current in the system?

Not unless there was a fault. Return current normally flows through the neutral unless there is a fault in which case the return is the Earth. The Earth wire is typically grounded at the distribution board or at the pole, running to a grounding rod or a grounded copper pipe. All you would accomplish by providing an alternative ground through the outlet is creating a ground loop which will create noise in any device that's mains Earth referenced.

>>8554179
>Return current normally flows through the neutral unless there is a fault in which case the return is the Earth

What keeps it from also flowing through the earth wire though? The neutral is in then end nothing more than an earth connection at the transformer isn't it?