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mivey

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Smart $ said:
By grounded, he could simply mean the conductor running down the pole at the cutoff and connected to the grounding electrode. SWER or not? The question remains IMO.
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IMO that is a highly unlikely "what if", silly even. The grounding field for a SWER (if you want to discuss such a silly thing) should be noticible.
 
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mivey said:
IMO that is a highly unlikely "what if", silly even. The grounding field for a SWER (if you want to discuss such a silly thing) should be noticible.
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SWER struck me as a very long shot and the fact the OP used the clearly defined term 'grounded conductor' shoots a big hole in that possibility to me.
 
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Sahib said:
Smart $:
It appears you are misled.

or

misleading?:D
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mivey said:
IMO that is a highly unlikely "what if", silly even. The grounding field for a SWER (if you want to discuss such a silly thing) should be noticible.
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iwire said:
SWER struck me as a very long shot and the fact the OP used the clearly defined term 'grounded conductor' shoots a big hole in that possibility to me.
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Very long shot, silly, all the same not out of the realm of possibility. That's why SWER exists in the first place. The OP'er has yet to specifically refute. :angel:

I can go with two-wire or SWER, whichever it is as a matter of fact... but I'll never accept speculation as fact just because the odds are infinitely favorable according to a skeptic. :eek:hmy::happyno::happyyes::D
 
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I believe the 2nd wire is the grounded conductor as defined by the NEC. It is essentially the Utility's neutral. Not sure if or where it is grounded.
 
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mjmike said:
I believe the 2nd wire is the grounded conductor as defined by the NEC. It is essentially the Utility's neutral. Not sure if or where it is grounded.
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Okay... but the question is whether that second wire runs the mile with the phase conductor.
 
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Smart $ said:
Okay... but the question is whether that second wire runs the mile with the phase conductor.
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insulated current carrying conductor
non insulated apparently grounded return
run to the 10 kva xfmr load
at least that is how I read his response to my ???
 
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iwire said:
Why is this a question? Seriously you are really reaching.
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Ingenieur said:
post 6
insulated current carrying conductor
non insulated apparently grounded return
run to the 10 kva xfmr load
at least that is how I read his response to my ???
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AFAIK only the OP or a person that has shall we say intimate knowledge of the facts and will divulge a factual accounting can say what it is or isn't. Neither of you appears to be that person.

(Yoda-speak) Speculation, odds infinite against, does not a fact make.

Believe me when I say you guys are most likely, 99.999% correct. It's that other little part that makes your accountings not a fact.
 
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