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A rant about the weekend and a bunch of fried gear.
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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 130206" data-attributes="member: 67"><p>Re: A rant about the weekend and a bunch of fried gear.</p><p></p><p>Always meter power by loading ONE leg at a time and checking voltage on each leg. A thrift-store resistance space heater, toaster, waffle iron, PAR 64 light... something that pulls 1000w or more.</p><p></p><p>With a floating (or missing) neutral the voltages will read correctly in the absence of load or if the load is equally balanced across all legs. The test I propose will present an unbalanced load and if you have a floating/missing neutral, you'll see the voltage rise on the unloaded legs and the voltage will drop on the loaded leg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 130206, member: 67"] Re: A rant about the weekend and a bunch of fried gear. Always meter power by loading ONE leg at a time and checking voltage on each leg. A thrift-store resistance space heater, toaster, waffle iron, PAR 64 light... something that pulls 1000w or more. With a floating (or missing) neutral the voltages will read correctly in the absence of load or if the load is equally balanced across all legs. The test I propose will present an unbalanced load and if you have a floating/missing neutral, you'll see the voltage rise on the unloaded legs and the voltage will drop on the loaded leg. [/QUOTE]
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