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Old 10-14-2007, 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Frosty View Post
The engine block is connected to neg terminal of the batt.

What is an "earth failure" in a DC system
Negative is 0VDC wile positive is 12/24VDC.
Electrons will go out into the water and bring the steel with it, I'm shure everyone here has tested that in chemestryclass and know what I mean.

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Sorry, that's not right. It is a terminology question, but the US system has L1 and L2 180 degrees out of phase, and that's correctly called "Single Phase".

See Man Overboards quote of WikiPedia a few posts ago...
If you use L1 and L2 you are by defenition using two phase and not single phase. Single Phase is L to N, but in 99% of all electricians and others for that mather call alll systems with two wires single phase, but it's not corect.
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