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Yes it very much depends upon what type of soils are in the region. In some very dry locations the ground wire is strung along with the rest of the pole wires from pole to pole. In very gravelly soil conditions there is no grounding medium no matter how deep the ground rods are placed. Other places that give trouble is solid rock installations.

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Does voltage on ground mean open ground?

Voltage on ground can mean an open ground. It can also mean (high) current on ground, due to a ground fault such as reversed neutral and ground.


What is the voltage to ground of 13800 volts line to line?

On a three phase system with a line to line voltage of 13800, a wye connection will give you a voltage of, 13800/1.73 = 7977 volts to ground.


Why neutral ground voltage is 120v sometime 0v?

There should be no voltage on the neutral wire to ground. This is a serious situation. Call a qualified electrician to check this out.


Why do you have voltage to ground but not voltage phase to phase?

There is phase to phase voltage in 3 phase system.AnswerYou don't get voltage 'phase-to-phase'; it's 'line-to-line'!


Should there be voltage between ground and each hot of a three phase power system?

There are two types of connections in three phase systems. One is a delta connection where there is no connection to ground, so you should not get any voltage to ground. This is classed as a three phase three wire system. In this type of system any one of the phase wires could become grounded and no one be the wiser. Code requires that grounding lights be added to a delta system to visually show what the phase condition is in relationship to ground. The other type of system is a wye or star point connection. This is classed as a three phase four wire system. In this type of connection the coil ends are all joined together and grounded. You would have voltage between the phases and a lower voltage to ground. The voltage to ground would be the phase voltage divided by 1.73.Yes. If there is no voltage between a hot and a ground, either the hot isn't really a hot or the ground isn't really a ground.AnswerThere is always a potential difference between a line conductor and ground, regardless of whether it is a three-wire system or a four-wire system. This is due to the capacitance between line and ground.

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