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Transmission lines do not use a neutral conductor, so your question isn't actually relevant.

Neutral wires are only necessary where imbalance may be large, and under some conditions current may be flowing in the neutral. Under these conditions a low impedance path (the neutral wire) is more desireable than a high impedance path (the ground). In many overhead transmission lines, a fourth or fifth wire are placed above the current carrying conductors; these are shield wires (not neutral wires) and are used to minimize outages on the line due to lightning (the lightning will strike these instead of the phase wires, these will flash over to the structures and the energy will be shorted to ground without the line having to be removed from service). When you're dealing with things that cost ~$100,000 - 2M/mile, it may be worth the added expense of a shield wire to keep it in service as much as possible.

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Q: Is instead of neutral wire can you ground it by putting the wire in to earth if yes then why is extra wire used for neutral by eleminating netrual wire cost of transmission can be reduced?
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Why do power transmission lines not have neutral conductor?

No neutral is necessary, because the transmission line's line currents are roughly balanced and, so, the phasor sum of those currents will be relatively insignificant, rendering the need for a neutral conductor to be an unnecessary expense. In practise, for most transmission towers, each of the three 'lines' comprises not just a single conductor but, rather, a number of conductors which are bundled together in order to reduce electric stress surrounding the line. The number of conductors per bundle increases with transmission voltages. In the UK, for example, 400-kV transmission lines normally comprise bundles of four conductors, whereas 275-kV transmission lines normally comprise bundles of two, and 132-kV lines just one. Running along the top of transmission towers is an earthed conductor, called a 'guard conductor', whose function is to protect the lines from lightning strikes during electrical storms. Many transmission towers also have two, separate, three-phase circuits -one circuit on each side of the tower. But, definitely, no neutral!


Why neutral link sometime used in earth link?

Sometimes the neutral is used instead of the ground/earth but it never should be. Using it that way is a violation of code and a demonstration of the laziness and irresponsibility of the person doing the wiring.


What is D gear?

In vehicles with an automatic transmission, the letter D often denotes the driveposition, as opposed to N (for neutral), R (for reverse) or P (for park).


Why neutral for High voltage?

High voltage transmission and distribution lines utilise three-phase electricity. There are two commonly-used connections used in this system, termed a 'delta' and a 'star' (or 'wye') connection. A delta connection provides three energised conductors, termed 'line conductors', while a star connection provides three energised conductors ('line conductors') together with a neutral conductor. However, in the case of a star connection, provided the load is balanced, no current flows through the neutral conductor. In the case of high-voltage transmission and distribution lines, their loads are very close to being balanced, so there is no need to provide a neutral in the case of a star-connected system, as any slight imbalance can be compensated for in slightly different line currents.


Why dont you use earth wire place of neutral?

Earth is neutral, but only at the distribution panel and upstream from it. Downstream of the distribution panel, earth and neutral shall not interchange or cross connect their connections or their roles - earth is protective ground - and neutral the current carrying return conductor.

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