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480sparky

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Went and looked at a job today. Here's a couple goodies I found:

Power going to a small shed in the parking lot:

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Old, old 400a service with CTs at the weatherhead:

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Hmmm: cover of LB is loose:

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Uh-oh!

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That cut wire is SCARY!!

Cutting unfused wire inside of a metal LB with metal loppers....crazy! Maybe they checked to see if it was the neutral first?:rolleyes:
 
Cow said:
That cut wire is SCARY!!

Cutting unfused wire inside of a metal LB with metal loppers....crazy! Maybe they checked to see if it was the neutral first?:rolleyes:
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Perhaps there is more to this story than meets the eye, like a bank of transformers with the HV fuses dropped out.

What say you, Ken?
 
I know! Someone had problems with a reverse-wired transformer, and was told to disconnect the neutral from the X-0. :cool:
 
LarryFine said:
I know! Someone had problems with a reverse-wired transformer, and was told to disconnect the neutral from the X-0. :cool:
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Chuckle.

Last Friday the mech contractor lost 300' of 4/0 type W on one of my jobs. Funny thing about this is the perps cut the cable at the disco's yet took time to release the cam-locks at the tranny. Someone knew what they were doing.

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chris kennedy said:
Last Friday the mech contractor lost 300' of 4/0 type W on one of my jobs. Funny thing about this is the perps cut the cable at the disco's yet took time to release the cam-locks at the tranny. Someone knew what they were doing.
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You would think the generator rental companies would spend the extra money to get the portable cable custom embossed.
 
peter d said:
You would think the generator rental companies would spend the extra money to get the portable cable custom embossed.
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They offered to bring more cables that day. I wonder...:roll:
 
peter d said:
Perhaps there is more to this story than meets the eye, like a bank of transformers with the HV fuses dropped out.

What say you, Ken?
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I didn't take pix of it, but yes, the transformers have been taken off-line. If you look close at the bottom of the meter socket, there's a tag from the POCO w/ instructions not to energize anything.

Building is empty, and has had some metal theives get in on occasion. I'll need to bid a whole new service because this one is so old, it's not up to current codes and can't be re-energized.
 
stew said:
dang I sure hope that cut wire wasnt the neutral on a single phase run. many heartaches involved if that was the case!!!
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Power had been shut off at the pole, so that's why they were in there to begin with.
 
peter d said:
You would think the generator rental companies would spend the extra money to get the portable cable custom embossed.
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Over the summer , we bought a couple thousand feet cable (6/4 SO and 1g SC) from an outfit in Minn. (Trystar), they custom ink-mark cable at no charge. Wouldn't embossing have to happen at the cable factory?
 
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