bootleg ground

noun

Etymology

From bootleg (“fake”) + ground (“earthing”).

  1. inherited from *grunduz
  2. inherited from *grundu
  3. inherited from grund
  4. inherited from ground
  5. compounded as bootleg ground — “bootleg + ground

Definitions

  1. A type of false ground (earth) in electrical circuits, created by wiring the grounding…

    A type of false ground (earth) in electrical circuits, created by wiring the grounding circuit (green wire, bare copper wire) to the neutral circuit (cold wire, white wire).

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