Thanks!!! I have lived in 7 states and the Linemen/women have done it that way in every one of those states! Even the railroad does it that way!
You would also be quite glad your neutral was grounded at your house and the pole transformer had a ground when you lose a neutral wire (some call it a ground wire but in my first post I was trying to keep out the technical stuff). I have been at houses where this happened, the refrigerator or some heavy 115 VAC appliance kicked on and wiped out all of the appliances on the other side. Happened at the customers fuse panel so he was responsible for all the damages. The story I gave earlier had a happy ending because of the low ground (earth, dirt) resistance. Ken Kopp-3 wrote: > > Coiling the down-the-pole ground wire in a concentric > circle on the bottom end of a power pole is the accepted > method of achieving "ground" and isn't because of "lazy > electricians". "Electricians" don't erect power lines, > "linemen" do. (;-) > > I'm a retiree from the Montana Power Company, FWIW. > > 73! Ken Kopp - K0PP > [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/I-need-some-grounding-strap-guidance-if-n-you-please-tp3553392p3560901.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
