Standard house wiring includes the practice of not inserting any device such as a switch or a fuse between a load and the neutral wire. What I would like to do is insert a a paralleled pair of rectifier diodes between a load and the neutral wire. The diodes are connected anode to cathode in parallel so that there is a small voltage drop across the pair and there is largely no disruption of current to the load. As this is against standard practice, I'm wondering if it doing this could be harmful in some way?
As the neutral wire is connected to ground at the service entrance, this does mean, doesn't it, that I can touch either side of the diode pair and not receive a shock?
I'm not going to post the entire circuit including the inserted diodes as I believe this might lead to describing a circuit that could be potentially harmful for anyone who does not fully understand the possible hazards of the circuit.
Regards,
Pete
As the neutral wire is connected to ground at the service entrance, this does mean, doesn't it, that I can touch either side of the diode pair and not receive a shock?
I'm not going to post the entire circuit including the inserted diodes as I believe this might lead to describing a circuit that could be potentially harmful for anyone who does not fully understand the possible hazards of the circuit.
Regards,
Pete