Lee DunaGemini : How to wire a plug
onslaught545Whoever thought this would burn your house down didn’t read the diagram. The only wire external to the circuit is the ground.
This is 100% a safe way to wire an outlet, provided you don’t expect it to deliver power.
Why are people up voting this? You’re talking utter nonsense in multiple ways.
Feel free to explain how a circuit with only a ground wire is dangerous.
Darkassassin07First, both ‘neutral’ and ‘ground’ are leaving that plug.
Second, that ‘ground’ wire is connected to both live and neutral, with no actual ground connection present. The other end of that wire is presumably connected to the exposed metal of the appliance this plug would be powering. Just calling a wire ‘ground’ doesn’t make it ground nor safe; it has to actually be electrically connected to a grounded point.
The ground wire is connected to ground, per the diagram. This would just trip your breaker, and if it didn’t your house is a fire waiting to happen.
Norah (pup/it/she)The ground wire is connected to ground, per the diagram.
The ground wire in the diagram is not connected to your house’s grounding device. It is connected to the ground of the appliance, which has no such connection to the actual, physical ground.