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<blockquote data-quote="Brian jojade" data-source="post: 108393" data-attributes="member: 211"><p>Re: Cam Lock Ground Orientation</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a legit reason to have a reversed ground on cams.</p><p></p><p>To be safe, reversing ground and neutral would be best. However, if your cable inventory is used for both single phase and 3 phase operation, flipping neutral doesn't work for 4 conductor cable. We have quite a bit of 4 conductor cable that we use for both. Usually with our 3 phase stuff (big lasers) we don't need a neutral feed, so 4 conductor is fine. However, if we have to have a neutral conductor, we can then run a single, separate ground conductor. The ground conductor in the cable is then clearly taped blue as a hot leg. Yes, I'm sure that violates some code, because inside the wire it's still green, but it's still WAY safer than what most seem to do around these parts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brian jojade, post: 108393, member: 211"] Re: Cam Lock Ground Orientation This is a legit reason to have a reversed ground on cams. To be safe, reversing ground and neutral would be best. However, if your cable inventory is used for both single phase and 3 phase operation, flipping neutral doesn't work for 4 conductor cable. We have quite a bit of 4 conductor cable that we use for both. Usually with our 3 phase stuff (big lasers) we don't need a neutral feed, so 4 conductor is fine. However, if we have to have a neutral conductor, we can then run a single, separate ground conductor. The ground conductor in the cable is then clearly taped blue as a hot leg. Yes, I'm sure that violates some code, because inside the wire it's still green, but it's still WAY safer than what most seem to do around these parts. [/QUOTE]
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