Re: about grounds… a New Discussion

[George Handley]

Good afternoon Michael, and thanks for bringing the correct subject back to the front burner.

Yes, I am ONLY reflecting on this grounding question after KCP&L did their thing. I have nothing new… good or bad to necessarily report, (Except still no blinking lights) but this AM, Warren's post on grounds and not taking the ground to a sub panel doesn't make sense to me. Also James said: "THere is no ground carried from the panel out to the pedestal, at least not around here."

Also, the Lineman who opened the pedestal and hooked up my ground to their terminal commented that he'd seen this before, and didn't think it was going to make any difference because it was the same as the neutral. I told him I was the only one in the neighborhood that had virtually any form of electronics which included X10, many of whose devices have a separate ground wire that I maintain has to be used for the switch to operate correctly. It's also been explained to me over the years by many… both local and on this list, that there most certainly is a difference between ground and neutral, and that both were essential to expect an X10 system to consistently work.

Even you said: "When I first read your power engineer's discovery, I was rolling on the floor…  I could just imagine
how a garbage truck rumbling past that power stub would easily 'move' the problem … and the problems
you thought you fixed the previous evening were now 'different'…"

So, since getting KCP&L out here to find what they found, and then reporting it here on the list, there have been a few people that have advised that I shouldn't have my #6 ground wire from my service even hooked up to KCP&L. This smacks me in the face of common sense. Yes, I sure know the tightening of all the other wires was super critical as well, but how could there be such a question on this List?

Thanks,

George

 
On Oct 12, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Michael Ferguson <michael at shed.com> wrote:

> Hello George,
> 
> Are you describing things that you did before or after the discovery and correction
> of your power main connections ?
> 
> michael
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Oct 12, 2013, at 11:49 AM, George Handley <ghandley at kc.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> It wasn't until I disconnected the ground wire to this unit, that sanity returned. So, I believe I know, first hand, that the grounding wire and X10 do have a meaningful electrical purpose.
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