Posted on 08/05/2020 2:01:03 PM PDT by rarestia
In cases of lightning strikes, you’re on your own. Too many volts/amps all at once will spill out all over the place, jump air gaps between isolated circuits, defying all logic even. A ground at the well head may have helped, but probably not.
Sounds to me like he broke the neutral wire through the switch and not the hot leg.
Call the Homer Simpson service.
“free service here we come”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-W8Ox3YsAE
Sounds like another DIY person made some of his own modifications...I hate the idea of a dedicated, switch-less, line unless it’s also on its own breaker (or on a circuit that can be shut off anytime with no inconveniences)...odds are, it’s gonna need replacement sometime and
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