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![]() Paul Burridge wrote: The power company run a line to my house. They supply me with electricity. This amounts to a 230V, 65A facility at the distribution board in a cupboard under the stairs. I run all my stuff from that board. The board contains several RCBOs that trip-out in the event of any leakage current being sensed. If current in = current out; they're happy and won't trip. Because they don't trip out, I conclude I don't use any current. No, you're simply not permitting it to go to ground. Neatness counts. The voltage supplied is 230VAC RMS. Since this is alternating between equal positive and negative half-cycles, the average level of this voltage supply is zero. Yup. It better be zero. I use no current and they effectively supply no voltage. Why do I get billed for electricity usage when I clearly can't have used any? Except you slowed down the electrons on their way through your appliances (made them do work). Speed them back up (do work on them) and you'll see a zero bill except for the minimum line-maintenance fees, of course. Mark L. Fergerson |