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quickthrowmanyesterday at 10:12 PM1 replyview on HN

In the US, you don’t need a neutral for a 240V 50A circuit on a residential single-phase service, there are two line conductors (120V to ground) both connected to a 2-pole single-phase breaker, line-to-line between the two is 240V.

You would need a neutral if it was a 208/120V three-phase service.

Neutrals and grounds are sized per the NEC, neutrals are the same size as the line conductors and equipment grounds are sized off of a table.

#6 conductors and #10 ground is what the NEC calls for.


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knollimaryesterday at 10:45 PM

I just haven't seen server rooms that don't demand a doubly sized neutral when one is required.

I live the NYC 208V life doing mostly resi, though.

Quick search of the spec for that is 6 power supplies, 2 of which are redundant. Looks to use a neutral to me. Says it uses C19/C20 connectors

edit: wait most ranges use 14-50R outlets and need a neutral ran. I am calling your statement into question. Surely harmonics and 120V internal draws cause non-zero neutral current. And I'm sure GPUs have harmonics being semiconductor flavored.

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