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<div>In an ideal world they are only hot relative to the other.
In the real world there will be leakage and also faults that connect
one or other pole to the grounding system. So then the other
pole will thereby become hot. So, again, they are both
potentially hot. And both therefore need to be fused, switched,
etc...</div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="+1">"If
neither pole is grounded then both must be treated as potentially
hot."<br>
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<u>Only with regard to the other hot wire.</u> If you do not reference
one conductor to ground than the other one will not present any danger
unless you are referenced to its mate... as in touching both wires at
once.</font></blockquote>
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Todd</font></blockquote>
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<div>Hugh Piggott<br>
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Scoraig Wind Electric<br>
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