What happens if the Live wire and the Earth wire connections are swapped?

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What happens if the Live wire and the Earth wire connections are swapped?

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It would connect the Earth of the device to Live, causing the metal casing of the device to become Live, touching it would cause a serious electrical shock.

Michael Bowersox answered Nov 21, 2021

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