Yep, that's my real name, I explained that some time ago when a long since disappeared US-guy accused me of making things up. It's interesting that in Flemish the word "nulleider" is still used. In Germany "Nulleiter" has almost become a "bad word", "neutralleiter" is the only acceptable term. (Nulleiter means zero-conductor and refers to the fact that in a balanced 3ph system the neutral doesn't carry any current).
Interesting. Try writing "Nulleiter" in de.sci.ing.elektrotechnik and you started a perfect flame war. The guys there say the name implies that the neutral isn't important. However, in an unbalanced 3ph system with lots of different 1ph loads (which is the most common service type here) losing the neutral will cause all sorts of trouble. That was their explanation why they don't want that term any more.
