steve9477
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- massachusetts
Hello Folks,
looking for help on solving stray voltage issue: We have a URD neighborhood and the one of the houses at the end of the cul de sac has stray voltage issues. We were getting readings of 4.2V- 6.0V. We check other houses, and transformers and communication pedestals and we were getting readings from 3.2 to 6.0V. For this particular house we pulled the meter and lifted the (line side)neutral and the voltage was still present. Long story short, we went to the riser pole open up the cutout and lifted the system neutral for total isolation and at the end of the cul de sace, the stray voltage increase to 6.3V. The stray voltage at the beginning of the neighborhood is near 0V. The soil at the end of the cul de sac is wet soil on the marshes which makes it a good conductor. There is also a gas main that crosses behind this house to another neighborhood which is also a URD system. We did the same thing open the cut out and lifted the primary neutral and no changes. I was hoping the voltage was flowing down the gas main. We used a fluke meter and put one probe on the ground and the other on a metallic surface, such as meter socket, water spicket, pedestal etc. Moral of the story, by lifting the system neutral should of eliminated the issues. then we would of look on our system for a bad bond etc.
any thought or suggestion would be appreciated
looking for help on solving stray voltage issue: We have a URD neighborhood and the one of the houses at the end of the cul de sac has stray voltage issues. We were getting readings of 4.2V- 6.0V. We check other houses, and transformers and communication pedestals and we were getting readings from 3.2 to 6.0V. For this particular house we pulled the meter and lifted the (line side)neutral and the voltage was still present. Long story short, we went to the riser pole open up the cutout and lifted the system neutral for total isolation and at the end of the cul de sace, the stray voltage increase to 6.3V. The stray voltage at the beginning of the neighborhood is near 0V. The soil at the end of the cul de sac is wet soil on the marshes which makes it a good conductor. There is also a gas main that crosses behind this house to another neighborhood which is also a URD system. We did the same thing open the cut out and lifted the primary neutral and no changes. I was hoping the voltage was flowing down the gas main. We used a fluke meter and put one probe on the ground and the other on a metallic surface, such as meter socket, water spicket, pedestal etc. Moral of the story, by lifting the system neutral should of eliminated the issues. then we would of look on our system for a bad bond etc.
any thought or suggestion would be appreciated