Monday, February 14, 2011

Megger the Baseball panel bringing the main PE 800A breaker down


No resistance at 500v

Just because the panel, the pipe and the wire have been there thirty years for the insulation to be compromised, but there you are!

Trips set at minimum but the main trips first anyway

Looks kind of wet.
XHHW-2 is a much better insulation than THHW for wet locations. I have seen several failures of THHW in underground conduits, which around here, are water filled.  Plus XHHW-2 is 90 C rated for wet locations and THHN in a wet location is not.
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