Was down in the Richmond/Petersburg area and saw something I thought peculiar.
Looked like a 7200-8400 volt line on a pole.
one leg fed a single phase transformer.
From there the three lines went into conduit, (not the new part) insulated of course, but what was strange there were three taps from the neutral (bare wire) fed back up to the insulated 3-conductors, NOt on the phases themselves but just down onto the insulation, wrapped around it.
the question is why is that done.??
Saw this in a few places not just at the motel.
Wm.Colt
