Excuse me if I don't explain this correctly. I am trying to get my head around how this works. Please ask for clarifications and I will do my best to do so.
My question is about how is it that when I do a voltage check from line side to load side at a meter box with a main breaker switch closed that I will get 120V and that I will get a beep when doing a continuity test yet there isn't a short in the system to allow a complete circuit?
If there is nothing plugged into the walls of a residence, how is it that there is a circuit for the voltage reading and continuity test to occur?
See my diagram below. At the wall outlet, there is an open break in the circuit until a load is plugged in. How then am I getting these results when I do my test before the main breaker when nothing is plugged into the wall outlets in the entire residence?
I was told it was because of the ground wire at the outlets. But that makes me think that that would actually be a short circuit if that was the case and we'd have continuous electrical usage...
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Thanks in advance for any explanations.
My question is about how is it that when I do a voltage check from line side to load side at a meter box with a main breaker switch closed that I will get 120V and that I will get a beep when doing a continuity test yet there isn't a short in the system to allow a complete circuit?
If there is nothing plugged into the walls of a residence, how is it that there is a circuit for the voltage reading and continuity test to occur?
See my diagram below. At the wall outlet, there is an open break in the circuit until a load is plugged in. How then am I getting these results when I do my test before the main breaker when nothing is plugged into the wall outlets in the entire residence?
I was told it was because of the ground wire at the outlets. But that makes me think that that would actually be a short circuit if that was the case and we'd have continuous electrical usage...
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Thanks in advance for any explanations.
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