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Re: Ground current

Bart,
  I have checked the amp meter its working fine. We have no aluminum 
wire in the house and I get the ground current even when the power is 
totally disconnected. The thing that blows my mind is the voltage. I 
can't read it at all on the meter. Also I get no spark to ground from 
ground neutral.

What do you think ?
paul m

>Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 00:03:40 -0600
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Ground current
>From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>
>Original Poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <mopar-at-uswest-dot-net> 
>
>Paul,
>Did you disconnect the pig outputs hv outputs?
>Is power to the pig on a double throw switch disconnecting both hot and
>neutral completely?
>You might want to completely disconnect both mains from the pig and 
check
>current between nuetral and ground of your house wiring. It isnt 
uncommon to
>have some current riding on ground, and it isn't wanted. You may have a
>highly resistive connection in the house wiring going bad (alluminum to
>copper most likely - has been the cause of many house fires). Also, 
make
>sure your current meter is working properly.
>Bart
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>
>> Original Poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>>
>> I have a question about ground current. I have 25 KVA pig, line 
neutral
>> is connected to the case and the case is connected to ground. Last 
night
>> I pulled out my handy meter and checked for current to ground. I 
found
>> that I had a 3 amp current in the ground lead. I turned off the power 
to
>> the pig and checked again, 3 amps ! I turned off the power at the 
mains
>> still 3 amps. Next I checked to see what the voltage was. It wasn't
>> measurable < 1 volt. Can anyone tell me what is going on ? Also there 
is
>> no sign of a spark between the ground lead and the ground terminal.
>>
>> paul m
>>
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