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Turning power back on 3 phase

jar546

jar546

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Power had been disconnected and the poco required an inspection before they will provide power back to this building. When they called we told them the grounding system and bonding for the service had to be updated along with having an electrician check the connections and markings. They applied for a permit then called for inspection. We failed them for not having any grounding system at all and for having the high leg improperly marked, AND they did not know what voltage the system was.When they called for reinspection we found this cute little 3' ground rod we pulled out of the ground and this:

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Glad to see I'm not the only one out there reguiring updated grounding and bonding for reintro's
 
If I found a 3' rod and they didn't know what the voltage is, I would void the permit and tell the owner to hire a different contractor.
 
Pic 4 shows an overhead service drop, any electrician worth his salt could look up and see big tranny, little tranny. 240 delta high leg, no tester needed.
 
ICE said:
If I found a 3' rod and they didn't know what the voltage is, I would void the permit and tell the owner to hire a different contractor.
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Greetings,

That's just plain fraudulent. I would report them to TDLR and file a formal complaint. Then I would be on the lookout for those gents and attempt to catch them working. Surely their license, if they have one, came out of a Crackerjack box. On the other hand, that's why we have jobs too!

BSSTG
 
They were framers. We're geniuses, especially when it comes to electric.

Sometimes sacrificing a goat will appease the electrical gods to make power.

Brent
 
Starting a pool, 5 dollar buy in.

How long was jar on the computer trying to find JUST the right tranny image?

I say a year and a half min.

Brent
 
MASSDRIVER said:
Starting a pool, 5 dollar buy in. How long was jar on the computer trying to find JUST the right tranny image?

I say a year and a half min.

Brent
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i figured he had it on his phone. Pic from last weekend....lol
 
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