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Re: Ground current
all power disconnected
Tolally dead !!!!
>Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 04:58:25 -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>
>
>Pual,
>I think troubleshooting is best done when it is specific. Specifics
will get
>someone's attention from an experience they had. When you said the
power is
>totally disconnected, do you mean to transformer has not wires in or
out?
>High voltage disconneted? Input disconnected? These are things that
will
>greatly help. BTW, when I was referring to alluminum/copper connections
I
>was referring to copper wire with alluminum connectors. My house ( as
old as
>it is) has neutral connected to ground completed to an earth ground
rod.
>Houses are connected differently due to zoning laws, compliance to
zoning
>laws, the bonehead doing th job, and the inspection. I don't know how
your's
>is connected. I wouldn't worry about reading the voltage vs. the
current.
>You can have a circuit with a few thousand volts delivering 3 amps or
almost
>no voltage doing the same. You may very well have a floating ground
causing
>your discrepancies. Measuring current as you have done is a great way
to
>check for problems. Now you need to isolate the problem. Being more
specific
>may spark some experience in your delema.
>Bart
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>
>> Original Poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>>
>> Bart,
>> I have checked the amp meter its working fine. We have no aluminum
SNIP.......>
>
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