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In Reply to: Re: outlet strap question posted by Mike B. on December 20, 2006 at 09:00:39:
Because of the basic construction of all USA outlets (except the 39-cent variety, without any backstraps), the backstrap is the core of a one-turn inductor formed by the hot and neutral wires. If it is steel and has hysteresis, it will induce a nonlinear reactive voltage that appears in series with the AC source.
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Follow Ups
- Hysteresis affects the inductance in series with hot/neutral. - Al Sekela 14:50:34 12/22/06 (2)
- Re: Hysteresis affects the inductance in series with hot/neutral. - Mike B. 19:13:10 12/22/06 (1)
- The hot and neutral wire currents are equal in magnitude and - Al Sekela 14:49:56 12/23/06 (0)