Assuming you have an electrical system where the ground and the neutral is connected at the sub panel, sharing the same rail (as in the image), if I were connect a wire to the ground pin in an outlet, and connect that to a metal rod that I stick into the physical ground through the window, would I create an additional return path for all the current in the system? (Keep in mind the G/N-rail would be behind the RCD, making it impossible to trigger because the current traveled the correct path through it, before going back out to my ground pin via the rail.)
>>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.
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?