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bootleg (fake) +‎ ground (earthing)

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bootleg ground (plural bootleg grounds)

  1. (US) 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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