Why Are Neutral And Ground Tied Together

Under certain conditions a conductor used to connect to a system neutral is also used for grounding earthing of equipment and structures.

Why are neutral and ground tied together. There is no legit reason that i know of to do this at an outlet. Ground and neutral are tied together in the main panel and only in the main panel. Because of that it is legal debatable as to whether it is good practice or not to have ground wires neutral wires going to the same place in the main panel rather than all grounds to a ground bar and all neutrals to a neutral bar and one connection between the ground bar and neutral bar. We connect ground and neutral in our electrical panels for safety.

The neutral wire provides the primary return path fo. Current carried on a grounding conductor can result in objectionable or dangerous voltages appearing on equipment enclosures. The only place the neutral and ground or earth wires in a building should ever be tied or connected together is at the incoming service main breaker panel upstream of all the fuses and. As the neutral point of an electrical supply system is often connected to earth ground ground and neutral are closely related.

The ground and neutral are only supposed to be tied together at the main panel.