brantmacga
Señor Member
- Location
- Georgia
- Occupation
- Former Child
got a call; something wasn't working right, they need me to take a look.
so here's what we're looking at.
a mobile home moved in to where a mobile home sat years ago. they used the existing pedestal that was still connected and serving a small structure by a pond.
permits have been purchased, but the inspection has not been called in.
-- the following was not done by a licensed EC, or by anyone with actual electrical experience --
Here's the first thing I see upon arrival;
upon closer inspection . . .
Lets follow this UF and see where it leads us . . .
Ah, here it is; spliced under the edge of the house to 6-2NM
Now continue on following the 6-2;
Its connected to this disconnect. I see 10-2 feeding the hvac, but where's that other one going?
holy cow! the 10-2 was again spliced under the deck to a pump wire, and I follow it here . . .
They initially tried to connect the house to that aluminum triplex you saw in the first pic, but found that one leg only had 40v. So they tapped the one leg w/ 120v and the neutral from the triplex, and got their other leg from the old well pump wire that is tapped from the AC disco. It was by pure happenstance they ended up on opposite legs to get 240v.
The problem now was they were getting 120v (from the pump wire) and 50v on the other leg.
So on the triplex we now have 40v to ground and 50v to ground, 90v line-to-line.
One of the other conductors from the old well pump wire was hot, and just lying on the ground. The 4/0 tapped onto it had several cuts and sections w/ the insulation stripped off, just lying across the ground running to the house.
At the house, their is a #6 green conductor running from the grounding bar to the outside, and isn't connected anywhere, but the neutrals and grounds are bonded somewhere in the house (not at the panel).
The POCO will be here tuesday to cut power so we can rebuild the whole thing properly.
I was so uncomfortable just laying eyes on this.
so here's what we're looking at.
a mobile home moved in to where a mobile home sat years ago. they used the existing pedestal that was still connected and serving a small structure by a pond.
permits have been purchased, but the inspection has not been called in.
-- the following was not done by a licensed EC, or by anyone with actual electrical experience --
Here's the first thing I see upon arrival;
upon closer inspection . . .
Lets follow this UF and see where it leads us . . .
Ah, here it is; spliced under the edge of the house to 6-2NM
Now continue on following the 6-2;
Its connected to this disconnect. I see 10-2 feeding the hvac, but where's that other one going?
holy cow! the 10-2 was again spliced under the deck to a pump wire, and I follow it here . . .
They initially tried to connect the house to that aluminum triplex you saw in the first pic, but found that one leg only had 40v. So they tapped the one leg w/ 120v and the neutral from the triplex, and got their other leg from the old well pump wire that is tapped from the AC disco. It was by pure happenstance they ended up on opposite legs to get 240v.
The problem now was they were getting 120v (from the pump wire) and 50v on the other leg.
So on the triplex we now have 40v to ground and 50v to ground, 90v line-to-line.
One of the other conductors from the old well pump wire was hot, and just lying on the ground. The 4/0 tapped onto it had several cuts and sections w/ the insulation stripped off, just lying across the ground running to the house.
At the house, their is a #6 green conductor running from the grounding bar to the outside, and isn't connected anywhere, but the neutrals and grounds are bonded somewhere in the house (not at the panel).
The POCO will be here tuesday to cut power so we can rebuild the whole thing properly.
I was so uncomfortable just laying eyes on this.
