{"id":110,"date":"2021-08-14T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T07:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pact.in\/blog\/?p=110"},"modified":"2024-05-21T18:40:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T13:10:24","slug":"what-is-a-floating-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pact.in\/blog\/2021\/08\/what-is-a-floating-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a floating neutral?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Floating Neutral is because of its connections with the Ground. It either gets loose and sometimes even breaks, which makes the Neutral to float. This can happen any where from electricity board to your final terminations. Primary cause is due to rust, corrosion, or a mechanical stress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It&#8217;s a serious problem as the NEUTRAL balances the voltages between 2 phases.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/pact.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/neutral-earth-transformer-connections.webp\" alt=\"Neutral transformer\" class=\"wp-image-112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pact.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/neutral-earth-transformer-connections.webp 602w, https:\/\/pact.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/neutral-earth-transformer-connections-300x170.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to this faulty NEUTRAL, the 0V reference no longer exists. 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