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Last OC for now.
>put in new ceiling fan in 1912 house
>turn off switch
>open up old fan, nuts off, check if there is voltage from black to white.
>no voltage
>check voltage from black to ground
>no voltage
>safely assume I can un wire and take down fan
>huge sparks, gets shocked
>trips breaker
>flip breaker and test wires
>turns out the white 'neutral' was actually the hot side...

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Different place. Homeowner special.
Switch was wired through the fixture so even though the light switch was off, the neutral and ground touched and tripped the breaker. Yea white and ground made a huge spark...

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