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Originally Posted by jcurtis934
If you had measured the hot wire to ground, it would have not indicated voltage present.
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Well, actually, it would show the correct voltage. The reason it would is because back at the meter panel, the ground and neutral are tied together. Under normal operation, the ground does not carry current and is not supposed to, but the neutral and hot legs are the current carrying conductors. So, when checking an outlet, you will be able to prove the ground and neutral connections are good by connecting to a hot leg with one lead and touching either the ground or neutral with the other lead and getting the same voltage reading.