SPYDERLK
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Switching neutral will turn off an appliance, but visualize that switch and every part of the resulting broken circuit. One side of the switch is now HOT because the entire current path thru the appliance remains/becomes an unbroken hot wire. So any part of the appliance circuit you touch will try to get to neutral/ground thru you. The tiny current you draw will cause no voltage drop in the appliance circuitry so youll get the full effect ... maybe lethal.Residential wiring and 120v is a different animal. I am not an electrician, and dont know much of the code and stuff, so I dont know a good reason as to why you cannot switch the neutral. Maybe someone else does???
larry