No neutral coming out of the raceway. Double tapped grounds in what I thought is the neutral lug. Is this a dangerous situation if grounding is interrupted. I need some serious help with this one. Thank you in advance
BTW I’m trying out google drive…let me know if I should post the pics directly.
The purpose of my last comment was to get some feed back on this, from some knowledgeable members.
As I stated there isn’t a neutral coming out of the raceway. I don’t use a meter to check for voltage. I observe and report.
My concern is the neutral and the ground being bonded so if there is a break in the path to ground, the system doesn’t become energized causing serious harm.
Having the neutral and the ground in the same lug is enough to warrant further evaluation However I would like to know if this is an immediate danger. Afterall it’s been like this for at least 10 yrs with no problems. lol
The neutral and ground are required to be bonded at the service equipment.
The connection of the stranded conductors and solid conductors at the terminal for the disconnect is more of a “listing” issue, meaning the lug must be rated for multiple conductors. However, stranded should not share a termination with solid conductors.
The service-entrance conductors from the meter-base to the disconnect should have three conductors. Are you saying there are only two - that the stranded conductor is not part of the SEC?
I appears to me after enlarging the photo that one of the two solid conductors is the neutral. The other solid conductor is the bonding jumper for the service raceway. The stranded looking conductor appears to be some of the NM cable EGC’s twisted together. My best guess.
I made a suggestion over the phone to Tom regarding the possibility of the stranded looking conductor actually being egc’s bundled together. As for the solid bare conductor, it does appear to be coming from the bottom raceway. Robert, what size does the solid wire appear to be? #6? If the panel is 150A should it be #2?..