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Posted by Stan on August 25, 2009, 7:14 pm
I know this is crazy, but I live in a duplex, that at one point was
combined to be a big house, and now it's a duplex again. So the
electricity at one point had 2 meters, then it had one meter, now it
has 2 meters again.
The electrical works perfect, but now I am trying to add another
electrical outlet. However, I found out that my neighbor, who is on a
different electrical meter, is feeding off my neutral wire. He is not
feeding off my hot wire, just the neutral. This has been going on for
over 15 years. I can move the neutral over to his meter, but it will
take me a few hours. As long as he is not feeding off my electricty,
I don't care, What do you think I should do?
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Posted by Art on August 25, 2009, 8:41 pm
Stan wrote:
> I know this is crazy, but I live in a duplex, that at one point was
> combined to be a big house, and now it's a duplex again. So the
> electricity at one point had 2 meters, then it had one meter, now it
> has 2 meters again.
>
> The electrical works perfect, but now I am trying to add another
> electrical outlet. However, I found out that my neighbor, who is on a
> different electrical meter, is feeding off my neutral wire. He is not
> feeding off my hot wire, just the neutral. This has been going on for
> over 15 years. I can move the neutral over to his meter, but it will
> take me a few hours. As long as he is not feeding off my electricty,
> I don't care, What do you think I should do?
Call an electrician. You and your neighbor obviously need one.
Seriously, if you don't understand hot and neutral and they work you
need to get someone who does.
--
Art
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Posted by Stan on August 25, 2009, 9:06 pm
> Stan wrote:
> > I know this is crazy, but I live in a duplex, that at one point was
> > combined to be a big house, and now it's a duplex again. =A0So the
> > electricity at one point had 2 meters, then it had one meter, now it
> > has 2 meters again.
> > The electrical works perfect, but now I am trying to add another
> > electrical outlet. =A0However, I found out that my neighbor, who is on =
a
> > different electrical meter, is feeding off my neutral wire. =A0He is no=
t
> > feeding off my hot wire, just the neutral. =A0This has been going on fo=
r
> > over 15 years. =A0I can move the neutral over to his meter, but it will
> > take me a few hours. =A0As long as he is not feeding off my electricty,
> > I don't care, =A0What do you think I should do?
> Call an electrician. You and your neighbor obviously need one.
> Seriously, if you don't understand hot and neutral and they work you
> need to get someone who does.
> --
> Art
I understand hot and neutral. I even changed a whole circuit breaker
from fuse to breakers. Let me tell you what I did so far.....
First, my meter and my neighbors meter are right next to each other. I
opened up my meter and noticed that I have 6 neutral wires running
out. (I should only have 3.) Then I opened my neighbors meter and he
had zero neutral wires running out. (He should have 3.) I followed 3
of the neutral wires and it went to his unit. However, to make sure, i
disconnected all six of my neutral wires. I then went to his unit and
found out that 1/4 of his circuit was dead. However, the other 3/4 are
still getting the neutral from somewhere. I don't know where. It's
strange because although 3/4 of his circuits are still working, all
the neutrals from both units are disconnected. I then checked my house
and all the electricity was dead. After this I hooked up his 3 neutral
wires all his electricity is back to normal. Then I hooked up my 3
neutral and my electricity is back to normal also.
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Posted by Wayne Whitney on August 26, 2009, 12:05 pm
> However, to make sure, i disconnected all six of my neutral wires.
Don't do this again. If any of those neutrals were part of a
multi-wire branch circuit (Edison circuit), by disconnecting the
neutral while the circuit was still hot, you just fried all the
equipment on the circuit.
Cheers, Wayne
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Posted by Grasshopper on August 26, 2009, 11:33 pm
> Stan wrote:
> > I know this is crazy, but I live in a duplex, that at one point was
> > combined to be a big house, and now it's a duplex again. So the
> > electricity at one point had 2 meters, then it had one meter, now it
> > has 2 meters again.
> > The electrical works perfect, but now I am trying to add another
> > electrical outlet. However, I found out that my neighbor, who is on a
> > different electrical meter, is feeding off my neutral wire. He is not
> > feeding off my hot wire, just the neutral. This has been going on for
> > over 15 years. I can move the neutral over to his meter, but it will
> > take me a few hours. As long as he is not feeding off my electricty,
> > I don't care, What do you think I should do?
> Call an electrician. You and your neighbor obviously need one.
> Seriously, if you don't understand hot and neutral and they work you
> need to get someone who does.
> --
> Art
I understand hot and neutral. I even changed a whole circuit breaker
from fuse to breakers. Let me tell you what I did so far.....
First, my meter and my neighbors meter are right next to each other. I
opened up my meter and noticed that I have 6 neutral wires running
out. (I should only have 3.) Then I opened my neighbors meter and he
had zero neutral wires running out. (He should have 3.) I followed 3
of the neutral wires and it went to his unit. However, to make sure, i
disconnected all six of my neutral wires. I then went to his unit and
found out that 1/4 of his circuit was dead. However, the other 3/4 are
still getting the neutral from somewhere. I don't know where. It's
strange because although 3/4 of his circuits are still working, all
the neutrals from both units are disconnected. I then checked my house
and all the electricity was dead. After this I hooked up his 3 neutral
wires all his electricity is back to normal. Then I hooked up my 3
neutral and my electricity is back to normal also.
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__________________________________________
Entirely different universe than mine. In the universe I live, the
resident, servicing electrician or whoever, cannot open a meter that
measures the electrical use of a residence or business. The electricity
provider owns that equipment. Its all AC, there is no grounding or neutral
at the meter itself.
The universe I live in, the grounding and neutral are provided after the
meter.
What you're saying is all alien to me.
--
Dave
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> combined to be a big house, and now it's a duplex again. So the
> electricity at one point had 2 meters, then it had one meter, now it
> has 2 meters again.
>
> The electrical works perfect, but now I am trying to add another
> electrical outlet. However, I found out that my neighbor, who is on a
> different electrical meter, is feeding off my neutral wire. He is not
> feeding off my hot wire, just the neutral. This has been going on for
> over 15 years. I can move the neutral over to his meter, but it will
> take me a few hours. As long as he is not feeding off my electricty,
> I don't care, What do you think I should do?