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What's the difference between Gnd and Neutral?

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Can any body point out difference between

Gnd and Neutral

From Current , Voltage , Use , AC or DC any point of view
 

GND vs Neutral

ground and neutral is same in terms of circuitary, but the most popular name given to neutral is ground, represented as GND, other is called Power, represented as PWR.
GND is basically a reference point, the flow of currrent needs circuit completion, so current moves from power to ground.
but the thing most people confuse is
reference ground
and protective ground
refrence ground is what we say GND in circuits,
protective ground is used to make devices,and other things ground to protect them from lightning. like we do in electric poles and telecom towers, usually computer and refrigerators are also grounded for lightning protection.

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Re: GND vs Neutral

The term 'neutral' is usually used in AC wiring. The neutral (standard is white colored), along with the AC hot wire (normal black colored), actual carries the normal load current where the ground wire carries no current except in the case of a fault or short circuit condition.

Both neutral and ground are tied together at the AC service box and then tied to an external ground rod. So neutral and ground are at the same potential but only the neutral is normally carrying any current.

Lefty
 

GND vs Neutral

we using gnd as chip design .
 

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