reply to Emil

THAT FOLKS WILL BE MORE AWARE OF THIS.

REGARDS,
SHIVANI
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Hi Shivani,

I think you may be missing my point.
At 10 feet from the conduit, it is hard to tell with a gaussmeter if the
source of the high field was the conduit, or an alternate pathway.

After all, if the conduit was removed from the circuit box (ie no longer
grounded), when was the current in it flowing from/to?

Emil

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>
> > [SHIVANI REPLIES IN CAPS]
> >
> > Emil wrote:
> > At 10 feet from the breaker box, your gaussmeter will pick up fields
from
> > many sources. [YES, BUT ANY CHANGE IN READING IN THAT SPOT WAS ONLY
DUE
> > TO THE ONLY THING THAT WAS THEN CHANGED IN THE SITUATION, WHICH WAS WHAT
WE
> > DID WITH THE CONDUIT.] When the conduit was touching the breaker box,
it was
> > grounded
> > and may have been conducting current to ground through the box. (A
dangerous
> > and incorrect wiring situation to be sure. This could have been
confirmed
> > with a clamp around ammeter on the conduit.) [DANGEROUS, PERHAPS,
BUT
> > VERY TEMPORARY. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF REMOVING THE CONDUIT
ALTOGETHER AND
> > JUST PAUSED TO TAKE THE READING. THE WIRING HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED
FROM
> > THE CONDUIT, SO NO LITERAL WIRING WAS INVOLVED. I DON'T HAVE AN AMP
> > METER.] When it was disconnected, this
> > current found a different path to ground... possibly a path closer to
the
> > gaussmeter. Hence the higher reading. [THIS PATH BEING YOURS TRULY,
> > STANDING THERE WITH THE GAUSS METER! THAT THE EMPTY CONDUIT HAD
CURRENT ON IT
> > THAT WAS APPARENTLY GROUNDING VIA THE BOX WAS THE POINT OF INTEREST.
THE
> > LOCAL ELECTRICIAN FOUND IT VERY INSTRUCTIVE THAT THE FIELD
INCREASED WHEN
> > THE CONDUIT WAS LOOSENED FROM THE BOX, AS HE HAD EXPECTED IT TO
DECREASE. ]
> > I MENTION THIS INCIDENT AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW CURRENT CAN BE
INDUCED, SO