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On Sat, 1 Jul 2017 07:38:41 -0400, Detective Marcus Bell
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On 07/01/2017 07:08 AM, Sherlock.Homes wrote:
Seems to be 120vac from red to ground and 120vac from black to ground

but no
voltage between red and black, which should be 240vac. Reading was

taken at
the external dissconnect. What might cause this?

Thanks,
S


If red is L1 and black is L2, it seems like you don't know how to use a
volt meter properly.

Sounds to me like someone moved the 2 pole breaker and it's not on
both sides of the line. Both black and red are on the same side of the
service.


Nope. It failed without any manipulation.

S