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[#1] Posted: 06/16/2010 - 6:53:38 PM		Reply with Quote
If under normal conditions there is no current in the grounding system of a house, how does our 3 prong tester determine if the system is grounded or not?
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 [#2] Posted: 06/16/2010 - 9:01:10 PM		Reply with Quote
They just measure a voltage difference across the three possibilites and report if it exists. If there's no ground there's nothing to report... therfore the light is out.

Hot - Neutral
Hot - Ground
Neutral - Ground

Here's a cool link that has a lot of good info:

http://www.thecircuitdetective...#general
   
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