Open Neutral

Demonstration and explanation of the effects of an "open neutral."

[MrCrinkz]

This mans videos are the most underrated. He’s the most gifted electrical teacher I’ve seen on the internet.

[experiment]

The example DC circuit with the neutral blew my mind. Simplified everything and made it make sense. Brilliant!

[pamdemonia]

As a journeyman electrician with 17 years experience, I am very impressed with how completely clear and understandable this explanation was! Subscribed and am gonna forward a link to my friend who teaches apprentices. Thanks so much for this video and thanks to the mysterious youtube algorithm for sending me here. Now off to watch more!

[vince]

Wow!! Awesome explanation. Decades ago, my parent’s house had an open neutral. Lights were dimming; others were burning bright. Voltages were all over the place. Now I know why. Thank you!!

[JustAnAcre]

Excellent teacher. A rare breed of men you belong.

[michaelcorvin]

This has to be the best explanation of how a circuit works that I've ever seen.

I unintentionally learned this lesson the hard way over 20 years ago when my band was playing at a bar. Halfway through our first set, a couple of our guitar amps and one of the PA amps literally caught fire and the whole shebang shut down. An electrician informed us the next day that it was due to a loose neutral wire in one of the bar's stage power circuits that someone had monkeyed with earlier. In fact, he was cool enough to draw a diagram similar to yours to show how circuits work, thus giving me a crash course in basic wiring.

From that moment on, we invested in a $5 circuit tester before we plugged anything in and that saved us a ton of grief from potential electrical gremlins.

[explod]

This guy is a electrical genius! The way he teaches makes it so easy to understand vs reading out of a book! I have watched every video of this man I could find and he has made me say "wow" so many times. This guy deserves a trillion subscribers! He's my go to for learning! Thank you Mr. Gordon!

[allenblum]

I'm nearly 70 years old and have seen this twice. Once at work, and once in my own home. At work, we had partitions between cubicles that had wiring embedded. A plug on one end of the partition mated with a socket on the adjoining partition. The neutral opened on one connection and caused a number of computers and printers to be fried because they suddenly had 220 volts instead of 110. At home, when the electrician installed my new panel, he didn't get the ground and neutral bars securely bonded. A couple of years later, the bond worked loose and blew out a few items. A couple of surge protectors gave their lives but protected their loads. I saw several of the situations Dave describes. At the time, it was pretty confusing. Excellent video!.

[SoProJared]

The best explanation of an open neutral I’ve ever seen. Very good video.

[chasincreationz]

As a first year apprentice and just started the chapter on 3-wire branch circuits / open neutral, this was TREMENDOUSLY explained. I read the chapter three times and was left more confused than anything. After stumbling upon this video, I now feel I have a much better grasp on what an open neutral is. Thank you kind sir!

[Justin]

Im an apprentice, and this was the clearest explanation of an open neutral I've received.

[scout]

Excellent lesson!! Thank you for helping me understand an electrical problem I am facing now in my house. I appreciate the time and energy you spent helping the rest of us out here. God bless you.

[EMunch-pvlq]

Both the diagram and the display are over the top!... backed by an clear and concise explainer!... Amazing video Dave, keep'em coming!

[anotheremerex]

Liked and Subscribed. This is the kind of content that changes the internet from a toy to a tool. Great explanation!

[paulbfields]

As I slap myself in the forehead…”yes!!!” Outstanding demonstration.. as a picture paints a thousand words… a physical demonstration literally lights up the room with illumination.. thank you

[Cotronixco]

You're a great teacher. Clear and concise. As an engineer, I found this all to be 100% accurate. Keep up the good work.

[suddeneevee]

As someone with interest in electricity: this is an excellent explanation video about electrical loads and series/parallel circuits.

But as an European: We just simply have 230V ac. One live, one neutral and one ground. We have simplicity, you have flexibility.

[dancoulson]

I love the setup you created for this video.
The use of clear, color coded wires, simple incandescent lamps, and a clear layout makes it so much easier to understand.

[andrebaskin]

A excellent explantation. The more I deal with the simpler 220v systems outside of North America the more I appreciate them.

[jgren]

I like how you arranged the wiring ladder similar to a breaker panel so that some can easier compare it to what they are going to see in the field.
I don’t know if you have done it already, as this is the first video I’ve seen, but you could also show how losing a phase and having 240v loads will also affect the 120v loads on that phase, and the relationship there Good job!!