Electrical question.

[dj1701]

Is this acceptable?

Yes

 

[JPRambo]

It's better than nothing - but why?

 

[dj1701]

It's better than nothing - but why?

Then please tell me how I should ground it to the panel?

 

[JPRambo]

Similar to were you removed the jumper on the right (circled in previous post) there should be a screw hole next the left ground bar to use and the end can be inserted were you put the bare wire.

 

[dj1701]

Similar to were you removed the jumper on the right (circled in previous post) there should be a screw hole next the left ground bar to use and the end can be inserted were you put the bare wire.

The large silver screw on the left held the jumper. It did not look like it would screw down enough to hold the 10 gauge wire I used, so I routed it farther down the bar. That is why.

 

[m1garand762]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but every box needs taken apart and all connections checked and tightened there is something going on on the neutral side. I a perfect word every circuit had its own neutral as the code book states. As people begin to do projects around the house things happen that may have been 10 years before you moved in and someone added or moved a device and it’s messing up everything that’s on that particular neutral. Also have the power company Check the splices in the overhead the Chinese finger trap type commonly used on neutral lines overhead can go bad if noalox wasn’t applied to the splices before they were made

 

[JPRambo]

I was referring to the two areas marked in green.

Can you show us the inside of the main house panel. Maybe someone will see something for you (or your electrician friend) to check on.

 

[dj1701]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but every box needs taken apart and all connections checked and tightened there is something going on on the neutral side. I a perfect word every circuit had its own neutral as the code book states. As people begin to do projects around the house things happen that may have been 10 years before you moved in and someone added or moved a device and it’s messing up everything that’s on that particular neutral. Also have the power company Check the splices in the overhead the Chinese finger trap type commonly used on neutral lines overhead can go bad if noalox wasn’t applied to the splices before they were made

Ain't that the truth. But I have been here 15 years and this all started within the last year.

Could it be mice? Or like what you are saying?
Seems to happen across different circuits.

 

[dj1701]

I was referring to the two areas marked in green.

Can you show us the inside of the main house panel. Maybe someone will see something for you (or your electrician friend) to check on.

So are you saying those circled in green are wrong? I feel so defeated.

 

[JPRambo]

I cannot even tell how that panel is fastened to the building

I see one mounting screw here