I have a client who gets shocked while working on the table saw in his garage. The garage is fed with 14-2 UF with no ground wire and then split off to lights and receptacles via BX. If I sink 2 ground rods and ground the boxes will this help or am I missing something?
Ah, Grasshopper, you have learned well.The best way to check for this is to run an extension cord, from a known properly wired and tested receptacle, and use it as a reference to see which wire are hot, and which wire is neutral, ...
I have a client who gets shocked while working on the table saw in his garage. The garage is fed with 14-2 UF with no ground wire and then split off to lights and receptacles via BX. If I sink 2 ground rods and ground the boxes will this help or am I missing something?
Ah, Grasshopper, you have learned well.
I would recommend a solenoid-type tester, not a regular voltmeter.
You're absolutely right. That dates farther back than my joining the site.Yep been doing this for a long time:
look at the date in this post:
http://forums.mikeholt.com/showpost.php?p=438480&postcount=16
You're absolutely right. That dates farther back than my joining the site.
I started doing it back when I was a helper, and showed it to the guys I worked under.
Could the table saw be the problem?
PS remember when we had member #'s? mine was 68.
ya know someting, I cant remember when I first joined this site[/.quote]Your stats say 2/20/03. Before that, I canna' say.
Added: I joined 5/1/05, and I just broke 15K posts.
Welcome to the forum.
Is this a detached garage?
When was this wired?
Driving ground rods and connecting them to the boxes will not eliminate the shock hazard.
Chris
It is a detached garage. It's not just the table saw that shocks, there is also a steel work table that provides a tingle.
Also I went from hot to garage door track and got 119volts. Aside from running a new circuit to the garage is there anything else I can do?
It is a detached garage. It's not just the table saw that shocks, there is also a steel work table that provides a tingle.
Also I went from hot to garage door track and got 119volts. Aside from running a new circuit to the garage is there anything else I can do?