Ravenvalor
Senior Member
- Location
- Piedmont region of NC
I am getting 122v from hot to ground at the source of a 12/2UF cable and 110v from hot to ground at the end of the cable about 100’ away. It’s not even enough to light a 10w LED lamp. The hot to neutral is fine at 122v at the end of the cable. It’s direct buried but i checked it with my UF cable fault locator and didn’t pick up any faults. It trips a GFCI receptacle at its source but when I bypass the GFCI it doesn’t trip. Just giving me a low reading from hot to ground. I suppose it could have a nick in the jacket at the ground. Or there could be a direct burial splice in the ground that has a loose ground connection. My fault locator would not have picked it up if I had it connected to the hot only.
I will scan again but this time connect to ground.
Thanks for letting me vent.
I will scan again but this time connect to ground.
Thanks for letting me vent.