Open 230v line

About a year ago the same thing happened at the apartment complex where I was maintenance supervisor at the time. One of the buildings lost 115V somewhere in the 250' or so between the transformer and the meter base panel furthest from it on the building. A company with equipment to locate breaks in lines couldn't locate it because their equipment wouldn't work through the blacktop of the parking lot that covered about 1/2 the run. A technician from the power company had been at the original installation ten years earlier and said he remembered seeing 2/0 aluminum cables lying in the trench without conduit, and construction debris kicked into the trench before it was backfilled. That particular instance of shoddy workmanship cost the current property owner almost $13,000. I thought it seemed like a lot of money until I saw what $500 will pay for on a commercial property, then it seemed like a good deal.

All the best, Stan

If you use ONLY 240 volt equipment at the remote site, it would only be necessary to run 3 conductor cable consisting of the two hot L1 and L2 Phase conductors plus the green/bare safety equipment ground (grounding conductor). HOWEVER if you intend to use both available legs of 120 volt PLUS 240 volt, you would need to run 4 conductor cable consisting of the two hot L1 and L2 Phase conductors plus the white Neutral (grounded conductor) plus the bare/green safety equipment ground (grounding conductor).

In the event you use a sub panel at the remote location DO NOT bond the Neutral and Equipment Ground Busses there as normally done at the Service Entrance Main Panel.

Best wishes n God Bless, dont get yer wires crossed now lol

John T

Soundguy

The equipment is out there, you just gotta find someone with it.

Charles

If the wire is aluminum and the insulation has been damaged you're likely to have troubles from now on. Moisture gets in to the aluminum and turns it to powder. Unless the wire is in a really bad location you might be better served to cut a new ditch and install new wire. Make sure when you backfill that there is no debris to contact the wire as it will eventually push through the insulation and cause another failure.