Re: Causes of Ground Faults

["Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes it was. If you have the information from the end of the wire reel you
can go to the manufacturer and see if that was part of the (or another) bad
run.
Crawfishing means "to withdraw from an undertaking" or like backpedal "to
retreat from or reverse one's previous stand on any matter"
In other words they were willing to help by replacing the wire until they
realized the scope of the problem and what we demanded to make it right.
Then the crawfishing started, but then they came through finally and met our
terms.

"Don" <don@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%3Dhh.1657$h_1.846@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:fVChh.20683$GB1.14548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I can't tell you a common one, but I can tell you a weird one. We wired
>>this big box store for fire. It had an analog addressable fire system.
>>When we put the loops on line and BIG problems. We finally got them sorted
>>out but it was an eleventh hour deal with 14 guys pulling their hair out,
>>trying to get the CO so the store could open on time. One of the strangest
>>problems was when you would isolate a ground to a particular device and
>>pull the horn/strobe AV out of the back box and the problem would go away.
>>Push it back in (still not touching anything) and the ground would appear.
>>To make a long story short it turns out that the wire itself was to blame.
>>When you'd strip the wire you noticed that the insulation on the inner
>>jackets was nicked at even intervals as far back as you stripped the wire.
>>Since it was asymmetric with respect to red and black if the wire was
>>stretched out it was normal. When coiled to fit in the box the inner wires
>>would touch and a ground fault would appear. The wire manufacturer owned
>>up to the problem (after some early crawfishing) and admitted that they
>>had a bad run. They made it right to the tune of more than 10 grand so I
>>won't mention names.
>
> I have been having that problem on a job. Was it 18/2 w/grnd causing your
> problem?
> What does 'crawfishing ' mean?
>