Bare SEC Neutral Mast Contact

[ryoung7 (ROBERT YOUNG, CMI)]

Bare SEC neutral contacts mast.
Looking for narratives. Any help would be appreciated.

[lkage (Larry Kage, CMI)]

@ryoung7

Bare SEC neutral contacts mast.
Looking for narratives. Any help would be appreciated.

Report what you see and, if you believe it needs to be referred out to a qualified electrician, do that.

[rbleich (Richard Bleich)]

@ryoung7

Bare SEC neutral contacts mast.
Looking for narratives. Any help would be appreciated.

Are you asking how you should report it or if you should report it?

Consider this discussion:

Service Neutral Shorted to Mast

If the service neutral is bonded to ground at the service panel, does a short to ground at the electrical mast result in any safety issue? What would have to go wrong for this manifest in an injury? I found this at today’s inspection and informed the cient and home owner, who was present. The owner called the utility, who arrived an hour later. The utility employee imformed the owner that it was not a problem and did not need to be fixed, though he did fix it after the owner asked him to. C…

[ryoung7 (ROBERT YOUNG, CMI)]

Short Circuit.
Unintended path.
Bypassing route intended.
Thanks all.

[jmilby (Jim Milby)]

The metal mast should be bonded to the neutral.

[gwells (George Wells, CMI)]

@ryoung7

Bare SEC neutral contacts mast.
Looking for narratives. Any help would be appreciated.

There’s nothing that needs to be said. If you are going to say something, I suggest “It’s OK”.

[ryoung7 (ROBERT YOUNG, CMI)]

I concur, George. Nothing said.