Originally Posted By: dedwards This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Ran across something interesting today. Thought I might get some thoughts on it. I did a duplex. Both units had 3 prong outlets that indicated normal wiring when checked with the SureTest. When I pull the covers off the Main panels, lo and behold there is not a ground wire in sight. Both units also had grounding conductors to ground rods one of them was not connected at all to the clamp. Have any of you ever run across this and can you hazard a guess as to how in the hell I got good ground indications when there were none in the panel. BTW, some knucklehead connected the ground wires on the water heaters but then snipped them off inside the panels.
Hmm. just thinking it might be “false grounds” but the SureTest should have picked that up.
Originally Posted By: Greg Fretwell This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Your suretest does not check “ground”, all it really looks for is the grounding path to the main bonding jumper.
Is it possible that the wiring method was the grounding path? (AC cable, wire in conduit?)
You really should call out the electrode conductor problems tho. You will still have a path as long as one of the electrodes is connected but there will probably be objectionable currents between units.
Originally Posted By: dedwards This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Thanks Greg,
That is exactly what I did do. These two units had multiple problems with electrical. Recommending further eval and repairs from a real electrician. Lots of “creative” stuff going on.