[Boatanchors] Storm Damage to Electronics

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If an electrician told that to me I would look for a competent one! 
Unless the pump is plastic, it is required by code to be connected to 
safely ground.  Although residential wells are typically plastic pipe, 
industrial wells are fed with steel pipe, effectively grounding the 
pump, regardless of whether you connect the safety ground.  They are not 
at risk of lightning strikes any more than an ungrounded one.  A well 
can be hundreds of feet deep.  An ungrounded pump at that depth, 
submerged in water, would not resist lightning potential (that just 
traveled miles through the air!).

If the motor is 120 VAC, it must have a neutral connected.  If it is 240 
VAC, it does not require a neutral.  In any case, disconnecting the 
neutral would not "blow it up".

73,
Bill, K3PGB

k8omo at juno.com wrote:
> one electrician told me not to connect the 
> ground  on my well pump motor which is 220 volts 
> because it would attract lightening  and also if the 
> neutral got disconnected it may blow up my 
> pump motor  . is this right 
> 
> Don  in Ohio 

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