A year or so ago, I noticed that the MFJ line monitor I have was fluctuating and
abnormally high. (About 125 - 128 Volts). At about 9 PM I called Florida Power
and Light, and they sent a line truck out. Within 20 minutes of my call, a
truck was on scene, and the driver tightened the clamp in the neutral lead at
the weather head. Apparently it's not a mystery to FPL. They knew from my
description of the symptoms just what the trouble was, and fixed it.
Lucky in Hialeah
73 Gil, W4PJI
Jimmy Miller wrote:
> I know you can't tell them anything but have had very similar problem of
> high voltage when the ground connection is loose, one time behind my
> electric meter and once on the transformer on the pole and the third time
> (different location) was also the ground connector at the hogshead above the
> meter. The general linemen don't seem to understand why a loose ground and
> a heavy load on one side of the 120 would pull it down (pulling the poorly
> connected neutral toward the load) and causing the opposite leg to INCREASE
> in voltage. It's been three times I have seen it on my places now and this
> sounds like it could be the same type of thing farther up the supply line.
> Also explains power on tower legs, the reason is that you/they are carrying
> return current back through the actual dirt ground because the wire ground
> is not available( ie. transformer ground leg disconnected at a substation,
> etc, and is functioning through the cable to the real ground rod in the
> earth).
>
> No degree, no nothing, just experiences(3),
> Jim Miller KG0KP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Floyd" <nq4u@bellsouth.net>
> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 11:09 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: High AC Voltage
>
> > Thanks to all for the input on this problem I have. Currently the Power
> Co.,
> > Telephone Co., and the local Cable Co. are all working trying to figure
> this
> > one out. Seems this problem I found has clued them in to some situations
> on
> > their end also.
> > The voltage has dropped some--248 to 250 --
> > but I still have AC on my tower and equipment grounds as do all of the
> > utilities. This has been narrowed down to a 5 block area and they will
> > continue to work on the problem this week. When the problem is corrected I
> > will post to TT reflector.
> > Thanks
> > Jimmy Floyd
> > NQ4U // NNN0RKO
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> > nq4u@bellsouth.net
> >
> >
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