[AT] Shhhh! Quiet

[Thomas O Mehrkam]

 I encountered a similar problem last weekend. I have a hunting camp 
with three house trailers. The Bunk House did not have any power. I 
opened the box and had 220 between the two mains.  219 between one bus 
and ground and about 60 volts from the other bus to ground.

Open Ground any one! The neutral was floating.

The service is underground and has failed before. It is connected to the 
trailer with a big 100 amp four conductor Hubble twist lock connector. 
We removed the back shell from the connector and had power there. We 
then removed the other half of the connector and had voltage there. That 
only left the Big #6 portable cable in the wall. It could not be that! I 
checked everything again. Finally looked at the cable where it entered 
the trailer and saw four or five holes in the neoprene jacket. It seems 
the ground wire burnt in two.

My guess is lighting. The meter loop was struck this spring and the box 
melted down.

Anyway we did not have any cable and it was Sunday so we went Turkey 
hunting on the river and Killed two wild hogs. Nothing ever goes as 
planned :-}

I guess we get to fix the Bunk House service next weekend./
/
Gene Dotson wrote:
>     Bruce;
>
>     Yes, man from power company checked it all out and determined the 
> problem was between the meter and breaker box. There is a splice made with 
> split bolt connector inside the box. He thought it may be that. I spent 3 
> hours yesterday removing and cleaning it with no change. Today I back probed 
> the wire ahead of the splice and had low voltage there, so yesterday's work 
> made no inprovement.
>
>                     Gene
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Moden" <brucemoden at yahoo.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 5:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Shhhh! Quiet
>
>
> Gene,
>
> Did someone from the electric co. diagnose the problem? I have had a similar 
> problem with 2 locations, one was a mobile home in Zephyrhills, FL & the 
> second in a retail plaza in Depew, NY both were the result of an outside 
> failure in separate lines where each side of the 220 came from 2 completely 
> different service lines. In each case one leg came from the street the 
> property was on & the other came from an adjacent street serving a different 
> neighborhood.
>
> Bruce
>
> --- On Sun, 12/27/09, Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Gene Dotson <gdotsly at watchtv.net>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Shhhh! Quiet
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 27, 2009, 2:32 PM
>
>
> Charlie;
> I thought you were referring to the quiet of our new snow. Very fine and
> no wind at all. So quiet out right now.
> My Christmas present was an electrical glitch in my house wiring. Have
> very limited current on one leg that runs the well water pump and
> refrigerator. Have run extention cords from good outlets so I have running
> water and keep the beer cold. No hot water or anything running 220 volts.
> Problem is between the meter and breaker box, so it is the wiring in the
> crawl space under the living room. I can see no possible way under there
> without taking out the furnace duct and removing bricks from the wall.
> Appaerntly this addition was added when the wiring and ductwork was
> installed with no thought of access.
>
> Gene
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
> To: "new atislist" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 1:23 PM
> Subject: [AT] Shhhh! Quiet
>
>
>   
>> I am on my way to the shop to crash some tire irons and a heavy wrench on
>> the floor. That may wake the list up. I suspect many are dealing with
>> the West and Mid-West blizzard conditions. That whole scenario does not
>> sound like too much fun and I am wishing safe passage for all who
>> encounter this winter episode.
>>
>> Happy New Year to all.
>> Charlie V. in WNY
>>
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