Hi,
I wonder what would cause an outlet tester to read "bad ground" when all the grounds are installed?
I have a new out-building that has a 240 V-3 Wire, 60A service to it from a 200A main breaker panel. The building has 3-8 foot two tube fluorescents, a motion detector flood outside, 3-6 outlet surge suppressors designed for shop use, 4 reg recepts and all is fed from 2 gfi on two separate 15A ckts. The 70A panel has an isolated neutral. There is an 8' X 1/2" copper clad ground rod installed with a #8 gec. The neutrals and grounds are separated at the sub panel but not at the main panel. The sub panel is not bonded.
I get this reading from the first outlet on each circuit and then from the slave outlets.
The tester trips the gfi when the button is operated. Does this have anything to do with the ballast in the fluorescents?
Thanks for any replies.
-Regards
Greg
[This message has been edited by mustangelectric (edited 01-24-2005).]
