Point taken. I woudn't want to be leaning against that service conduit if the neutral went open at the pole.
Originally posted by sparky:
.....sure makes your isolated nuetral look good!
Swings & roundabouts, I think. It's great with the old town systems with ground via the cable armor, but not so good on rural overhead services where you're then relying on just the local rod for grounding everything.
That's when we start getting involved with a whole-house GFI. My biggest gripe with this arrangement is that a simple ground fault on one branch takes out the entire supply to the building. The older systems have those awful voltage ELCBs I've complained about.
It's after struggling with one of these that PME with bonded N & G looks very attractive!
