I have come across two homes in the past 3 weeks that have had the same problems.
At the main panel in the house I place my meter on the nuetral bar and one of the main feeders and I get 120v, then place the probe on the other main feeder and only get 78v. Of course leaving my probe on the nuetral bar and placing my other probe on the circuit wires I get 120v then 78v then 120v etc so as you can see it is one leg that is only delivering 78v. When I test the main feeders I place the probe directly on the feeder wire and not the main circuit breaker to be sure I am getting the actual reading from the incoming power by passint the main breaker.
At this point neithr customer has had me come back yet to actually fix it but this must be a problem with either the meter socket to the main panel, the main lines coming into the meter socket or the connection from the pole wires to the house wires. Yes, this means also that almost half the house is not functioning correctly because it is only getting 78v. Both houses are rental properties and the landlords have my proposals to fix the problems. Just seemed strange that I would get two of these exact same problems within 3 weeks.
Any thoughts on what else this could be.
Thanks for your input
AFJES
