Why bonding and grounding soo important!!

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Well , I was on a call and this was at a house. The service drop/power was damaged and had to be disconnected (cut from the service from the pole), even with all the power disconnected, the lineman/poco guy was moving the mast guy from service to another and and he got shocked!! He was ok.

it was only about 80 volts and what turned out to be was the voltage between the ground from the cable company equipment and the neutral/grounded conductor. not sure where the cable company was picking up the stray voltage (maybe from another house or on their own equipment somewhere down the line) , but with the 'bonding' this stopped this from happening.

Just a heads/safety up, even with the service disconnected from the pole, be sure to double check with a 'power wand' or 'tic tracer' to be sure the power is off!! . This was the first time I ever saw this type of shock this way. :)
 
Pierre C Belarge said:
The source could actually be through the grounding electrode system. Maybe the current is trying to find the source from a neighbor's house???
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I dont think so Pierre. The reason being is because I used my 'tick trace'(voltage wand) on the ground wire byitself, and it lit it up!!. So basically it was a 'hot' ground. the neutral was not. My GB voltage wand picks 50 volts and above AC. The reading on the fluke was just over 80 volts ;)
 
On the lines, it's not dead until it's dead and grounded. Induction will get you on overhead distribution.
 
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