Many people get very confused by this, and so it is hard to depend upon Internet advice about wiring....
There were two or three good electricians that would post here, but I think they have all gone very low key the past few months, as they get overwhelmed with the 'just wire it up any old way so it works, that will be good enough' crowd that offers opinions on this topic......
The ground wire is there to protect you and to protect your wires and your buildings from bad things happening.
Many years ago they often kinda rolled the ground and the neutral into the same wire, or criss crossed them any old time.
After some thought on it, they realized that wasn't a good idea.
The neutral wire carries away electricity in 120v wiring. So that wire is actually live.
The ground wire is only there to protect you, and it is wired up to nearly every exposed metal surface anywhere in your building.
So, if you mix up and tie together the ground and the neutral wires, you end up potentially supplying live electricity to all your metal surfaces all over your building.
And heck that will work fine, so long as the wires don't fall apart. Because the ground wire will end up taking over and do the job for you.
Unless there is a problem....... You never know when a problem shows up.......
So, anyhow, you don't need a neutral wire here at all, so no big deal. Neutral is only for 120v stuff.
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