Recent content by bentroof

aandpdan Thanks for the NEC explaination. Which is what I got going on. I will leave it bonded for now. It'll work until I get the service upgraded. Thanks.

Found the problem on the neutral. My power is run overhead and the neutral line is saddle clamp (don't know if that is right wording) was corroded. I replaced the clamp and the voltages on each leg look a lot better. The load is a bit unbalanced on the legs, but the voltage is better. I...

The garage is fed from the house, but only on 3 wires (2 hot-1 neutral). The garage box is grounded and bonded. It sounds like I should NOT have it bonded.

Thanks for the suggestions. I was leaning towards the neutral being the problem. The wiring to this garage isn't ideal, I plan to update the power to house and garage when things aren't so frozen. Could I have issues with the neutral in outlets? Such as, loose wire or something. I put in GFCI...

I've got an issue with my voltage in my garage. I recently installed wiring in this new garage. It has 3 wire to it (existing power to an old garage), two hots and neutral. I wired the garage panel as if it were a main, ground rod, and bonded (in my box, the neutrals and grounds are...