[BC] LAN Weirdness

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Oh, God yes!

Get that fixed right away.

During our latest storm in the DC area, which killed Baltimore,  
Dominion Virginia Power "restored" power to a house feeding 120 VAC  
down the neutral.  Of course, the neutral is connected to ground at  
the main panel.  So, a feed, with several thousand Amperes available  
were fed through wire sized for 200 Ampere service (on two legs, so  
really 100 Amperes).  The house went up in flames because the wires  
flamed up.

The house was a total loss because the fire trucks couldn't get  
through the snow on the unplowed streets.  Yes VEPCO was already on  
site (DUH?) and shut off the power, but he 86 year old resident was  
displaced.

Her daughter was living with her temporarily.

--chip

On Feb 12, 2010, at 9:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 5
> From: Jerry Mathis <thebeaver32 at gmail.com>
>
> A situation with the neutral bonded to ground anywhere outside the  
> distribution panel or service entrance is a serious problem.