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Hi All,
Had a call for a 35 kW residential hydro electric generator that was not producing voltage.
Found a Prime Line Induction generator made by Marathon Electric. The previous owner had installed his own meter at the generator shack that is about 400 ft from the house. Looks like a poor connection that just kept getting worse till failure. We removed the meter base and installed a junction box. Got it up and running.
First glance and I almost walked away, lots of code issues, but I'm here to make the world a safer place and the customer said he would do what it takes to make it code compliant.
I do not view this as a separately derived system. Correct me if I'm wrong please. There is no ground between the generator and the house, only two hots and a neutral. And I believe there should be. Customer says he had documentation that said no grounding but cant find it. Am I off base here? Was probably installed in the 60-70s? So maybe a code revision since installation?
Thoughts?
Had a call for a 35 kW residential hydro electric generator that was not producing voltage.
Found a Prime Line Induction generator made by Marathon Electric. The previous owner had installed his own meter at the generator shack that is about 400 ft from the house. Looks like a poor connection that just kept getting worse till failure. We removed the meter base and installed a junction box. Got it up and running.
First glance and I almost walked away, lots of code issues, but I'm here to make the world a safer place and the customer said he would do what it takes to make it code compliant.
I do not view this as a separately derived system. Correct me if I'm wrong please. There is no ground between the generator and the house, only two hots and a neutral. And I believe there should be. Customer says he had documentation that said no grounding but cant find it. Am I off base here? Was probably installed in the 60-70s? So maybe a code revision since installation?
Thoughts?