troberts2007
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- Trussville AL
I had a home owner who was using one of the 3 light receptacle checkers to test plugs in his home, he thought he had a neutral ground reversal because of the light pattern. I went onsite to repair but I noticed the middle light on the tester was not at full brightness but was definitely turned on. as I was searching I removed a receptacle from the circuit the tester went from neutral ground reversal to missing ground. and sure enough we found a broken ground in the first box from the panel so nothing down stream would have had a ground. I re[paired the ground and everything tested ok the rest of the way. but the original problem still has me puzzled on why the tester was showing a partial ground neutral reversal. and my only thing I can think of is possible a back feed from the neutral to the ground at the panel and that maybe the Panel isn't fully grounded and that maybe we should add a 2nd ground rod. Does that sound reasonable?
What are the other symptoms of a panel that isn't properly grounded or has a weak ground.
What are the other symptoms of a panel that isn't properly grounded or has a weak ground.