Originally Posted by LarryC
Greg,

Since there is no contactor for the third phase, they may be using a corner grounded delta. In that case, the heating element will see the full 400 V across it and the current will be approximately double of the calculated. That comes a bit closer to the measured values.


Even with a corner ground, I would imagine the voyages will be the same between the legs. By the readings, the heater lost the top contact likely to a ground fault between top contact ant first element and lost LS3 or bad connection on the jumper betwen LS1 and LS3. A compound problem

Last edited by sparkyinak; 03/27/16 02:31 PM.

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