newservice
Senior Member
A gereral contractor hired me to splice the ug service so he could build an addition. I used three Illco type splices approved for underground use on each side of the splice, 6 total.. Inspector passed it, poco hooked it up. Contractor then excavated perilously close to the buried conductors and built his garage addition, foundation, footer, poured floor etc.. Now 2 and a half months later, suddenly the home looses power on one leg. (single phase 3 wire.) Voltage on that leg is ~2vac to neutral, other leg is ~120. Have isolated failure to the section I replaced. So plan now is to dig it up, put a box for the connectors on one end, and rout the other directly into the meter.
Question: Is this likely a mechanical failure, or electrical, or both? May never know. I do know my faith in Illco splice kits is shaken, I very carefully torqued each one, made sure the sleeves were right for the moisture protection, etc. :ashamed:
Question: Is this likely a mechanical failure, or electrical, or both? May never know. I do know my faith in Illco splice kits is shaken, I very carefully torqued each one, made sure the sleeves were right for the moisture protection, etc. :ashamed: