Electrical – 3 phase panel in shop showing weird voltage!

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I had a air compressor stop working. It was buzzing. So I checked voltage. It’s a single phase compressor one side is getting 120v the other is reading 224v. Upon further voltage testing I found that every two breakers is reading the same. Most of my equipment that is double pull is now not working.

Mains from the power company read a:120 B: 230 C:120

Is my panel bad?

Best Answer

Looks like a feeder fuse(s) opened, measure a-b a-c and b-c , some of the measurements show voltages as they are feeding through other devices. If you measure low voltages at your main panel call your power company and tell them you have lost phases. This happens all the time in industrial sites where a fused feeder gets over loaded sometimes a short on 1 phase takes out a 2nd then the circuit breaker trips, you still have power on 1 leg so there is no breaker probably fuses at the pole.