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480v tap #208457 01/20/13 11:04 PM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 10,002 Likes: 35 Estero,Fl,usa G gfretwell OP Member One of the inspectors in the county south of us came up with this beauty. 480v tap using an innovative method but at least he got the colors right. (From Bryan Holland) Greg Fretwell

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208458 01/21/13 12:01 AM Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 1,273 Sacramento, CA T Tesla Member http://www.idealindustries.com/products/oem/lugs/lugs_tap_b-tap_connectors.jsp Try these. ^^^^^ Tesla

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208462 01/21/13 04:06 AM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 10,002 Likes: 35 Estero,Fl,usa G gfretwell OP Member Yup that is like a KupLTap. The problem is they don't have one that taps a 600MCM with a #14 I guess. Greg Fretwell

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208466 01/21/13 09:46 AM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,406 Likes: 7 Brick, NJ USA HotLine1 Member I guess you have some of the same geniuses down there as I have up here!! John

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208479 01/21/13 06:22 PM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 144 Berkley, MA JoeKP Member ive seen this on here before, it still makes me wonder how the hell you could do this without getting shocked or destroying a tool or 2... -Joe “then we'll glue em' then screw em'” -Tom Silva TOH

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208481 01/21/13 10:08 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,406 Likes: 7 Brick, NJ USA HotLine1 Member How about this scene... Load of this made up, ring terminal made up, screw in ring, and a screw gun. John

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208482 01/22/13 01:54 AM Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 10,002 Likes: 35 Estero,Fl,usa G gfretwell OP Member I suppose turning off the power first would be out of the question. Greg Fretwell

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208484 01/22/13 08:52 AM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,503 Vienna, Austria T Texas_Ranger Member Seems to be common practice... I've seen a very similar picture from Germany.

Re: 480v tap JoeKP #208488 01/22/13 01:52 PM Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 812 Levittown, PA Theelectrikid Member Originally Posted by JoeKP ive seen this on here before, it still makes me wonder how the hell you could do this without getting shocked or destroying a tool or 2... I'm imagining a $2.99 orange store 4-in-1 screwdriver wrapped up in a roll of 99¢ tape. Is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208495 01/23/13 12:13 AM Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 1,438 Bakersfield, CA (Originally Or... Lostazhell Member At first glance I'm thinking power theft. This wasn't a pf correcting capacitor for a huge motor was it?

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208503 01/23/13 01:57 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 2,503 Vienna, Austria T Texas_Ranger Member I think in the German case it was temporary site power straight from the pillar on the street.

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #208506 01/23/13 09:58 PM Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7,406 Likes: 7 Brick, NJ USA HotLine1 Member OK, theft of service....or sheer stupidity?? John

Re: 480v tap Tesla #208509 01/24/13 01:14 AM Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 947 Regina, Sask. T twh Member Originally Posted by Tesla http://www.idealindustries.com/products/oem/lugs/lugs_tap_b-tap_connectors.jsp Try these. ^^^^^ Is there any chance these don't have UL or CSA approval?

Re: 480v tap gfretwell #211194 09/24/13 03:43 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 43 CA, Inland Empire MarkC10 Member that's amazing ... not to mention the micro arcing going on within the strands they just derated, all it takes is a nick in the wire and the micro arc " hot spot " begins ... Last edited by MarkC10; 09/24/13 03:47 AM. Anyone claiming to know everything about Electrical, is wrong.