Understanding Stray Voltage

[RNeumann]

Well, some great guys showed up from the Utility. Everything appears fine on their end. They checked their poles and hardware. I had to show them the odd voltages, as they are not "Meter Guys". They do have five volts between the grounded guy cable and their ground wire coming down their transformer pole. Or that ground wire to the galvanized crib holding up the pole. Same thing.

A telephone call by them, suggested that the acceptable spec was ten volts!

Apparently every pole gets a ground rod now as of two years ago. Prior to that, only if there was equipment on the pole.


We will install some ground plates at the service, get an electrician to look things over and call in (the meter guy) despite being in spec.

As far as them pulling the meter. These guys could not have been more layed back. I'm sure they have seen it all, and don't get to excited.

This is one of the more frustrating ones from this end. Trying to explain how to diagnose and where the likely issue is via posts isn’t working. I should probably unfollow this thread. It’s so simple from here but trying to convey that obviously isn’t working.

Good luck my friend. When you get an electrician out there you will be amazed at how quickly it’s isolated to one circuit. Probably take about 10’.