User manual
Grounding Reference 
Appendix C 
 Figure C-3: Normal mode and Common modC 
1-3    Normal Mode and Common Mode Have you ever tried to 
measure the voltage between a live circuit and a concrete floor? How 
about the voltage between neutral and a concrete floor? You will get 
nonsense values. ‘Hot’ and ‘Neutral’ are just rela- tional signals: you 
will get 110VAC or 220VAC by measuring these sig- nals. Normal 
mode and common mode just show you that the Frame Ground is the 
most important reference signal for all the systems and equipments. 
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