service panel issue

Specific Inspection Topics Electrical Inspections
1

Hey folks, I’m troubleshooting a 200amp CH panel and have founbd that everyother breaker on both busses is reading 0 on my multimeter. This is occuring on both single pole and two pole breakers -so for instance, the HW heater is only recieving 120v from half of the two pole breaker. Has anyone seen this condition?

thanks!
Scott

2

Yes you’ve lost one “phase”.

3

If you are PHASED, DAZED and CONFUSED I recommend you not be doing this to the panel and call a Professional.

4

Thanks, guys. At this point I’ll be calling someone out to take a look. In the meantime, for my own curiosity, any thoughts on a possible cause? Perhaps the meter or service panel is at fault?

5

One of the hot legs in the panel is missing voltage. This may be a power company issue. The incoming lugs would need to be checked to narrow this down.