Re: [A/S] Rewiring the Bambi, "HOTSKIN"

[Matt Worner <wornmatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Eric,

Bonding the frame and shell to the ground will make any hot to shell shorts 
immediately blow the breaker instead of waiting for waiting for you or 
someone you love to make the final connection to ground. (Pun intentional.)

You should also carry one of the neon lamp receptacle testers in your tool 
box to keep the places you plug in honest, too.

As far as the breakers, as long as you have 20 amp wire, a 20 amp breaker 
can't hurt anything.  I would make sure the outlets are also rated for 20 
amps though.

Inadvertent bonding to the panel box is, of course, not an issue with a 
plastic breaker box, but you have the right idea with two separate 
neutral/ground bars.  Reversing the neutral and ground is not inherently 
dangerous in that they are both at ground potential.  The hazard is on old 2 
wire circuits when HOT and neutral get reversed.  That's why all modern 2 
wire appliances have a wider prong on the neutral, so it won't fit in the 
hot slot on an outlet.  Not an issue with 3 prong plugs, assuming, of 
course, that the receptacle is wired correctly.

Matt