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For safety reasons,no.
The outside panel (where your meter is), is where your power first comes into your residence. In that, the neutral is bonded (connected) to the ground. This is the only place where this is the case. Everywhere else in your home, including the indoor breaker panel, they are kept separate.
There are different reasons for this, the most important is safety. Basically, with 2 wires, a ground and neutral, if one faults, the other can take care of the current without creating a dangerous situation to equipment or people. If there were only one wire to do that job, when it faults, you now have a dangerous situation where someone coming in contact with the receptacle/switch/appliance could be hurt/killed or the connected equipment/appliance could be seriously damaged or cause further problems such as a fire or explosion.
The neutral and ground wire cannot be tied together because of obvious reasons:
1- The neutral wire is a current carrying wire therefore it has current and amps
2- The ground is not a current carrying wire and is designed to provide an easy path for stray voltage to leave rather than leaving through someone who touches a shorted appliance.
The neutral and ground are bonded together at the primary start of an electrical system or subsystem. This way any current on the neutral is carried straight to ground rod. If the two were bonded in the system you would potentially have a hot ground which could electrocute anyone who came in contact with a grounded part of the system.
Before you do any work yourself,
on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,
always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized
IF YOU ARE NOT REALLY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB
SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY
REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 14y agoIn an electrical panel the ground wires from circuits will be connected to the ground bus found on the back pan of the enclosure. This is the bus that is not isolated from the enclosure like the neutral bus is. In electrical junction boxes the ground wire is connected to the ground terminal screw.
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∙ 12y agoyour ground wire hooks up to the negative part of your battery.. and from there you ground it to some metal near... like on the frame or something.. and that's how you hook up a ground wire
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∙ 10y agoneutral and ground go to same terminal in electric box?
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∙ 14y agonormaly, to any metal or pile of metal that goes into the ground (outside only, don't screw into something that doesn't hit dirt)
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