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I'm currently living in a remote part of Indonesia. The service is 220 volt single phase. There are 2 wires coming from the utility's transformer to our meter; a hot conductor and a neutral conductor.
After the meter, the hot conductor is fed through a 50A circuit breaker. This is the only disconnecting means. It is then fed directly to the circuit breaker panel. The neutral is fed directly to the neutral bus bar in the circuit breaker panel. The neutral bus bar is not bonded to the equipment grounding bus bar and there is presently no grounding electrode installed anywhere in the system.
If I were to install a grounding electrode and ground the neutral conductor at the panel, should I be worried that the utility may NOT have grounded the neutral conductor at the transformer? I will also bond the neutral and equipment grounding bus bars together.
Is it even possible that a single phase 220 volt service could be setup without the neutral being grounded at the transformer, intentionally or otherwise?
I've already had a technician from the utility come in and have a look, and he doesn't understand what I'm asking. He told me I should be fine if I just run some #14 wire from the equipment grounding bus bar straight into the ground (without a ground rod). I smiled, sent him on his way and turned to this forum.
After the meter, the hot conductor is fed through a 50A circuit breaker. This is the only disconnecting means. It is then fed directly to the circuit breaker panel. The neutral is fed directly to the neutral bus bar in the circuit breaker panel. The neutral bus bar is not bonded to the equipment grounding bus bar and there is presently no grounding electrode installed anywhere in the system.
If I were to install a grounding electrode and ground the neutral conductor at the panel, should I be worried that the utility may NOT have grounded the neutral conductor at the transformer? I will also bond the neutral and equipment grounding bus bars together.
Is it even possible that a single phase 220 volt service could be setup without the neutral being grounded at the transformer, intentionally or otherwise?
I've already had a technician from the utility come in and have a look, and he doesn't understand what I'm asking. He told me I should be fine if I just run some #14 wire from the equipment grounding bus bar straight into the ground (without a ground rod). I smiled, sent him on his way and turned to this forum.