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I keep blowing power capacitors - the Vizio tv last week - (from wally world about 5yrs ago) seems there were many of them shipped with bad capacitors to begin with
Have also have to replace more caps in a year or two - than i remember...
made a ground to earth and checked to line voltage - 127 v
line to line ground 119
line ground to earth 7 volts ..... normal out out here? in my frame of reference seems high - of to check polarities on everything plugged in
Thought I was over this when I moved off the boat - grin
I know there are some sparkies out there - interested in what readings you see ground to earth..... (started chasing a ground loops in the stereo - 7 volts ac makes a heck of a hum)
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Originally posted by Bullwinkle
line ground to earth 7 volts ..... normal out out here?
Ground, neutral, and earth are all supposed be bonded at the service entrance. You shouldn't see more than a few mV between them.
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Years ago I was getting bad shocks off of the laundry water faucet at my sister in-law's parent's house. That is where a ground wire was attached, poorly I might add. Seems that the grounding system was shot plus the neutral connection was bad. Wben you turned on a saw the lights got brighter as the juice fought its way back to tbe power plant on the only path left, through another branch circuit with lights on it. Totally possible you are part way down that road.
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The ground concept only works if there is massive dirt for the lack of a better word. if you need a functional ground sink one near the septic/cesspool
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My Vizio TV ate it recently also. Don't know why. I called the techs and they determined that it was the power supply. Happilly I discovered on Ebay that there are people out there gutting old TVs and testing the parts and making them available for sale. Ebay has hundreds, I'm not kidding, hundreds of power supplies for Vizio TVs. There are just two plug-in modules for the TV, the power supply and the receiver module. I paid the $32, free shipping, for the power supply. I wish I could report that it actually fixed my TV. It may have been the receiver module after all but I was really happy to see that there are sources out there to combat the evils of designed obsolesence. I haven't given up. I love the idea that there are people out there helping the MacGyvers.
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Originally posted by Seeb
The ground concept only works if there is massive dirt for the lack of a better word. if you need a functional ground sink one near the septic/cesspool
Two methods known to work here:
1. Bore a 10' hole, drop in the ground rod, backfill the hole with dirt (not cinder). Attach grounding wire with the usual clamp on the end.
2. Lay a 10' piece of bare #8 copper on the lava, set some forms, pour some concrete about the size/shape of a kerb, so that it encases the wire. Run one end of the wire to your service entrance, or leave an exposed stub and attach your grounding wire with a split bolt.
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Wouldn't the concrete eventually become an insulator?
Puna: Our roosters crow first
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Drill the grounding rod hole, use bentonite grounding material to back fill.
Daniel R Diamond
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I came across 2 houses that the neutral was not connected at the meter socket.I found out because I was replacing the water service line and when I cut it in half it arced and melted my hacksaw blade.
Wouldn't hurt to look behind the meter.
