On Fri,9/12/2014 6:00 PM, Bill Turner wrote: Imagine something like a washing machine where the neutral is connected to the frame and down the line the neutral opens up. Now the frame has the full "h
Within a premises. I'm wired as two premises. 73, Jim _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com h
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: That's not what you said in an earlier post. Here's a quote from you: " I have a single service, which comes to the house, then is fed to the garage/apar
Jim, Very important as to not mislead someone on this. If you have only a 3 wire feed system from your house to garage then you have to have that feed neutral wire bonded to the panel at both the ho
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 21:55:04 -0400
Aren't there are a number of old commercial rigs that violate this in the PS. I think our old kitchen range violated it as well, as IIRC I had to change the wiring when we put in a new cook top. 73 R
On Fri,9/12/2014 6:50 PM, Gary Schafer wrote: If you have only a 3 wire feed system from your house to garage then you have to have that feed neutral wire bonded to the panel at both the house and at
Ranges and dryers of yesteryear had only 3 wires, 2 hot and neutral/ground. They had to be on a dedicated circuit so as to not energize some other appliance on the same feed if there was an open neut
Yep. As noted, I went through both buildings making sure that was not happening. AND I found and fixed one such wiring error -- some idiot took a 240V feed and used one side to feed 120V outlets with
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 22:23:04 -0400
My point was that if he had some of the "Old" equipment in the shack wouldn't it be dangerous. 73 Roger (K8RI) Ranges and dryers of yesteryear had only 3 wires, 2 hot and neutral/ground. They had to
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: You have to be more descriptive when you say "3 wire feed". There are two kinds of 3 wire feed which are both legal: 1. 120 VAC with hot, neutral and gro
Yes Jim I believe that you said that in your first post. But in subsequent post you seemed to argue that there was no ground running between buildings and made it sound as though the neutral was not
Hi Roger, Yes I agree it would be dangerous. But probably no more so with either feed system with proper neutral bonding. 73 Gary _______________________________________________ _____________________
How many times must I say it? Neutral MUST BE bonded in both buildings if ground is not carried. They are treated as separate premises. 73, Jim K9YC wrong. You require 4 conductors. The neutral is NO
Even with everything disconnected, lightning is induced into unconnected wires and can cause damage inside your home. John KK9A When lightning is around, I disconnect all coax and rotator cables and
Unfortunately this thread has gotten way off the question I originally posted. Perhaps I should have posted a more pragmatic question: If I sustain lightning damage, what grounding and bonding config
Shawn. That will be determined by the terms and conditions of the policy (e.g., code grandfathering) along with input from the adjuster who inspects the damage. However, If you comply with current NE