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<blockquote data-quote="steptoe" data-source="post: 2008" data-attributes="member: 7"><p>whoa whoa whoa guys</p><p></p><p>you must test between LIVE conductors and EARTH</p><p></p><p>this means PHASE and NEUTRAL, they are both LIVE</p><p></p><p>join the phase and neutral conductors together(use a block connector)</p><p></p><p>and test between these and earth,</p><p></p><p>only testing one of them at a time can potentially produce a voltage on the other thus frying the transformers, you MUST keep them both at the same potential.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steptoe, post: 2008, member: 7"] whoa whoa whoa guys you must test between LIVE conductors and EARTH this means PHASE and NEUTRAL, they are both LIVE join the phase and neutral conductors together(use a block connector) and test between these and earth, only testing one of them at a time can potentially produce a voltage on the other thus frying the transformers, you MUST keep them both at the same potential. [/QUOTE]
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