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Q: Does the neutral go through the meter?
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Can an electromechanical energy meter work without the neutral wire provided in the meter?

No, an electromechanical energy meter requires both the line and neutral wires to accurately measure electricity consumption. The neutral wire completes the circuit and allows the meter to measure the flow of electricity passing through it. Without the neutral wire, the meter will not function properly.


Does the white and ground wire connect to same ground bar in a meter base?

There should be no ground wire in the meter stack from the mast head to the meter base. If the meter base to distribution panel conduit is PVC, then a green grounding conductor must be pulled into the conduit. This green wire is independent and isolated from the neutral wire and should never be terminated together at this point. Only the line service conductors and the neutral wire go through the meter base. The neutral goes through a lay in lug. This type of lug requires the insulation to be stripped of of the wire where it passes over the lug. This stripped wire is then laid into the lug and is secured to the meter base by the removable top piece of the lug. The neutral wire remains unbroken from the mast head to the distribution panel's neutral buss bar. Using this lay in lug the watt meter picks up the neutral wire for the plug in meters operation. If your terminology is not correct and you mean the "distribution panel" instead of "meter base" then the answer is no. There are two individual buss bars in the distribution panel. In some panels there may not be an actual "ground buss bar" but ground screws lined up in a row in the back of the distribution panel's enclosure. In all distribution panels there is a neutral buss bar where all of the neutral conductors from the branch circuits connect. Do not mix the bare ground wires and the white neutral circuit wires under this neutral buss bar.


Can you use ohm-meter to measure a resistance between the neutral line N and the ground E?

If the meter is sensitive enough and there is a resistance between the neutral and ground then the meter should be able to detect it.


Where can I buy neutral cushioned running shoes?

There is a site where you can go to look and buy neutral cushioned running shoes. If you go to www.runningwarehouse.com. It a good websites to browse through what kind of neutral cushioned running shoes you want.


How do you connect an single phase watt meter?

Answer for USA, Canada and countries running a 60 Hz supply service.The wires from the utility connection will be connected to the top terminals jaws of the meter base. The bottom of the meter base terminal jaws will be connected to the top of the first over current device. This will be the service distribution's disconnect switch. The neutral will pass through the meter base with no grounding connection and continue on to the distribution's neutral terminal point.


How do you go through the McDonald's drive through if you have a 5 meter tall bus and the max height is 2 meters?

You walk.


How does neutral missing protection work in single phase energy meter?

Neutral missing protection in a single-phase energy meter detects the absence of the neutral wire in the electrical circuit. When the neutral wire is missing, it can result in overvoltage on the load side. The energy meter typically shuts off to prevent damage to the connected equipment in such a situation.


Can 48 meters large spheres go through 4 and half meter large holes?

No.


Why Do not clamp live plus neutral cable in Clamp meter?

A clamp-on meter works by measuring the magnetic field set up around a conductor. Because the currents in the line and neutral conductors flow in opposite directions, their fields cancel and the clamp-on meter has nothing to monitor. So it must be placed around either the line OR the neutral conductor -not both!


If first is down and 2 through 6 are up Why does a motorcycle go into second instead of neutral?

Neutral is between 1st and 2nd so if you didn't shift all the way into 2nd then it would go into neutral. To get into neutral on most one down 4,5,6 up bikes you have to barely raise on the shifter until you feel it pop into neutral anything more then that barely lifting will cause it to go into second gear.


Why is it that when a tester is put on the neutral wire in a single phase system it doesnt indicate current flow?

The only time that there will be zero current flow on the neutral is when the panel is completely balanced on both legs. When you state that the "tester is put on the neutral wire" suggest that the wrong kind of meter or meter scale is being used to test for current. The amperage testing of conductors is done by inserting a meter in series with the conductor or a meter has to be clamped over the wire to measure its magnetic flux of the current going through the wire. If you have mistakenly used a voltage meter to do the test, you will have a zero potential because the neutral and ground wire are bonded together and will have no reading between each other. The same will occur if you are trying to use probes and read off of the amps scale. The probes have to be in series with the circuit to get a reading.


Why is it that when you touch the neutral in a box that is not connect to the panel cause the test light to come when touching the power wire?

It shouldn't. The open end of a non connected neutral should have the same potential as the voltage feeding the circuit. The only time a voltage will show is when the return neutral is tested with a meter to the neutral bar or the ground return bar. It will then show what the supply voltage to the connected load is. Once this neutral is connected to the neutral bar there will be no voltage shown across the test meter between the neutral and the neutral bar or the ground bar.