I know enough to get in a pickle, so we started hiring electrician to run
to our generator cutover. I go from there. Not even sure if I can hold this
against the electrician, it's an honest mistake and nobody got hurt

On Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 1:36 PM <[email protected]> wrote:

> Actually only one of the three legs will be high assuming there is a
> ground on one of the windings of a delta connection.  So two of the legs
> should be 120 to ground.  You just got unlucky with the breaker placement.
>
> *From:* [email protected]
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 23, 2020 12:32 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Aviat power supplies and exploding power strips
>
> I can see that three phase breaker right above your single leg breaker.
> Check all three.  I am sure you will find one you can use if there is an
> open slot on that phase.
>
> *From:* Steve Jones
> *Sent:* Sunday, August 23, 2020 12:12 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Aviat power supplies and exploding power strips
>
> Spot fucking on, chuck. I was up all night worrying about this shit, even
> to the point the varying metals and floating box was making a massive
> murder capacitor.
>
> Turns out there's 210v and all our existing PSU are rated to 240v, the
> meanwells are switch selected, and this power strip happenned to have surge
> where the other did not.
>
> Not sure why the first meanwell is running. But at least I'm not blowing
> up a farmers grain bins
>
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020, 11:45 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I had something similar happen. An electrician picked the wild leg of a
>> three phase to connect a new receptacle.  We had about 208 volts on it.  Of
>> course only discovered after the damage.  I have seen neutrals get damaged
>> and connected to the other side of the box giving you 220.  Did you check
>> your AC voltage?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> > On Aug 22, 2020, at 9:35 PM, Steve Jones <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > 
>> > Today was an adventure, to say the least.
>> > Without the prior info on the clusterrest clusterfuck of my career, we
>> are installing some wtm4200. Glancing these meanwell power supplies may or
>> may not be -48v.
>> > We have two radios onsite, first powers up swimmingly
>> > Second power supply connected only to AC decides to smoke bomb. Was
>> plugged into a triple plug on a power strip. Was powered on for a bit then
>> did its rocket ship thing. Figured ok, just a bum meanwell, the other one
>> is up and powering a radio without issue.
>> > I'm plugging in a cambium ps into the triple plug as my contractor is
>> plugging in a power strip into the second on a duplex outlet.
>> > The fucking powerstrip explodes, literally.
>> > It's a cheap surge suppressor power strip. So I'm assuming the SS is
>> what blew up.
>> > I have no further data, since my contractor almost lost a hand. I'll
>> investigate in morning daylight.
>> >
>> > Somewhere in this power mix I screwed up.
>> >
>> > With the limited data I have, anybody got any ideas before somebody
>> gets killed?
>> >
>> > I have 2 force 300-25, a force 300_13, a , a mikrotik, and a 3000 epmp
>> omni on this power strip. Circuit is less than 2 feet to the breaker.
>> Breaker is in an extended panel I'm unaware of the wiring details. The
>> first wtm powered with no issue.
>> > This is a 20 amp breaker, when the meanwell fried it didnt trip. But
>> simply plugging  in a powerstrip, with nothing in it, almost cost my
>> contractor a hand.
>> >
>> > Any idea where I fucked up. This is a grain leg and they're not to find
>> of explosions.
>> >
>> > I'm wondering, since they bond the dc return to ground if it's not
>> energizing a chassis or something
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