Neutral issue. Don't be that person.

[ptonsparky]

Don't trust the POCO or the previous EC.

House just a couple years old has had issues since day one. EC says my side is good. Area POCO says all good on his side.

Recently a new building added to the sight and it was discovered the neutral had never been connected at the POCO pad mount secondary.

How in the holy hell do you miss that from day one?

Pictures when I get one.

 

[ptonsparky]

Neither of them are newbies.

 

[ptonsparky]

Not quite what I envisioned. Guessing the EC put neutral in lug but factory connection of lug to buss was substandard. Still, how the heck do you miss this when neutral problems have been evident almost from the beginning?

 

[Joethemechanic]

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Not quite what I envisioned. Guessing the EC put neutral in lug but factory connection of lug to buss was substandard. Still, how the heck do you miss this when neutral problems have been evident almost from the beginning?

With no marks where there was arcing, it almost looks like it was never attached

 

[ptonsparky]

With no marks where there was arcing, it almost looks like it was never attached

Yes. How did the EC miss it?

 

[qcroanoke]

Yes. How did the EC miss it?

I wwnt to a Motorola site that they reported burnt up lights and lightning arrestor.
X0 wasn't connected on service xfmr.

 

[AC\DC]

How can your crap even work they would be blowing thing in there home left and right— EC fault and power company—- and the inspector! Shows your money going to the government really pays

 

[AC\DC]

Picture showed is was once tighten—- so maybe line man did something?

 

[ptonsparky]

Picture showed is was once tighten—- so maybe line man did something?

No, he didn't find the problem. He missed it. Obviously no one took the time to actually LOOK for the problem. Consequently, they were part of it.

 

[ptonsparky]

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How can your crap even work they would be blowing thing in there home left and right— EC fault and power company—- and the inspector! Shows your money going to the government really pays

Not the inspectors job.

 

[marmathsen]

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Not the inspectors job.

Our electrical inspectors do inspect our work inside the meters, as do the utility reps prior to energizing it.

I'm confused by the picture, did the two mounting screws that hold the lug down strip out? Was the wire removed from the lug that's being held in the picture. Was the neutral just floating there when the meter got unplugged, Yikes!

Rob G
Seattle