Loose Conductor

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brian john

Discussion Starter · Mar 19, 2007

I always find it a bit unsettling to find a ground conductor just hanging loose in any equipment much less in a transformer. Why would one not terminate this.

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JohnJ0906

· #2 · Mar 19, 2007

And it's the one bonding the case too!

Where does the other go? I see it passing through the lug, ducking under the blue wire coming from X3, then disappears.

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brian john

Discussion Starter · #3 · Mar 19, 2007

I think it bends under "C" phase and terminates between the "B" and "C" phase on the transformer shell.

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MDShunk

· #4 · Mar 19, 2007

Holy smokes. Nothing like built-in provisions for a hard short.

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nolabama

· #5 · Nov 4, 2009

wow :notworthy:i just found the rest of the smileys :clap:

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JohnJ0906

· #6 · Nov 5, 2009

nolabama said:
wow :notworthy:i just found the rest of the smileys :clap:

As well as a 2 ½ year old thread...... :laughing:

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sparks134

· #7 · Nov 5, 2009

nice pic!!!:wheelchair:

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Selectric

· #8 · Nov 7, 2009

From what I see it looks like the loose conductor is the equipment ground coming from the primary conduit through the bond bushing and someone "forgot" to terminate it.

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