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Why would corrosion on the neutral bar in the main panel (probably serving as both a neutral and ground bar, but I didn’t see this one) lead to high electric bills?
Apparently it really did because the bills went down when the neutral was replaced.
I’m not sure enough of the underlying principles here, though, to explain it.
My thought is that the corrosion blocked or limited the connection to the incoming service neutral, so everything was going to ground thru the ground connection to the plumbing (or maybe it had a driven rod?) and the homeowner was paying for all of the electrical resistence between the plumbing system and wherever the elec util’s ground was (but electrical theory
b isn’t
my strong point )
Bob
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Why would corrosion on the neutral bar in the main panel (probably serving as both a neutral and ground bar, but I didn't see this one) lead to high electric bills?
Apparently it really did because the bills went down when the neutral was replaced.
I'm not sure enough of the underlying principles here, though, to explain it.
My thought is that the corrosion blocked or limited the connection to the incoming service neutral, so everything was going to ground thru the ground connection to the plumbing (or maybe it had a driven rod?) and the homeowner was paying for all of the electrical resistence between the plumbing system and wherever the elec util's ground was (but electrical theory)
b isn't
my strong point
Bob