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OK, I'm in a mood. Shipboard, 120 volt, 2 wire circuit. Black wire has ___ volts to ground. White wire has ___ volts to ground.Black, white, red. Standard navy shipboard phase colors. Electrical generation is kinda different when you're floating in water. Fun fact: there is no ground except the hull. And like I said, shit happens.I've been hammered with 480 volts three times. Hurts like hell, but if you live it's an awesome rush....
Explain. Would require touching 2 live 277V lines at the same time. 3 times?? I call bullshit. Were you scrapping copper?
Remember black, red, blue, are 3phase colors @ 208 V. All 3 are 120V to ground. Brown, orange, yellow are 3 phase colors for 480 V. All three are 277V to ground.
The hull is the ground, that bonds the neutral. Like a uffer ground or a ground rod in any structure on land.