weird voltage readings

[hurk27]

kwired: no i don't have underground fault locator, but luckily i found the fault & repaired it under 2 hrs. started asking HO question about a newly poured sidewalk & he said you know they used rebar to hold the forms in place, so that where i started digging & found the fault.
the concrete people got very lucky, he must have just nicked the cable, & yes the cable was 24" deep
thanks again for the help

Good job, I used a good UG splice kit with the grease to seal out any possible moisture, I have had to repair many of these repairs where the electrician tried to just use crimps and heat shrink or just tape without any dielectric grease to seal it, I also use UG crimps with a grease in them, but they have been hard to find lately.

 

[Jim W in Tampa]

kwired: no i don't have underground fault locator, but luckily i found the fault & repaired it under 2 hrs. started asking HO question about a newly poured sidewalk & he said you know they used rebar to hold the forms in place, so that where i started digging & found the fault.
the concrete people got very lucky, he must have just nicked the cable, & yes the cable was 24" deep
thanks again for the help

Bet he tries to bill the concrete people.
They were very very lucky ,they could have had a dead man. Not sure just big of a kabooom it would made.

We had similar happen on parking garage but it only hit our conduit and we caught it before wire was pulled or concrete pourded. It could have turned real ugly.

 

[kwired]

Good job, I used a good UG splice kit with the grease to seal out any possible moisture, I have had to repair many of these repairs where the electrician tried to just use crimps and heat shrink or just tape without any dielectric grease to seal it, I also use UG crimps with a grease in them, but they have been hard to find lately.

Have always used crimp connections with heat shrink and never had problems. You have to use the right type of shrink tube the heavy walled with sealant inside. Plain thinwall shrink tubing will not last very long may as well use tape.

.. Not sure just big of a kabooom it would made..

You think 120 volt to ground would have made much of a kaboom unless you contacted more than one conductor? Probably would not even hear a snap.

Now hit a 5 Kv line and higher and it may make a hell of a kaboom but if you are the one driving a rod into it you probably will not hear it or anything else ever again.