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Help securing some bare three-phase wiring outdoors (lemmynsfw.com)

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I sold my hot tub 😢. We ended up just decoupling this conduit and cutting the line. I’d like some advice on the best way to simply cap these off in a way that doesn’t become a problem later when I move out.

Not an electrician, just hoping somebody is nice enough to help out.

The electrician who installed it basically “stole” the connection that goes to the garage to install this. I’m still not exactly sure what he did behind that box, but I think I’ll have to figure that one out later.

Any help appreciated!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks! I’ll probably install an outdoor box, then. I’ll make sure there’s no current; I do just have the breaker flipped, but I have a couple of testers that should be able verify there’s nothing flowing. It does frighten me seeing that and knowing it’s three-phase.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

North America- Most houses don’t have 3 phase. It’s an odd thing for a residential house. Large Apartment buildings yes. My in-laws had an attached work shop and they had to pay to have it brought down their street. Saying all that, 230v can easily kill. Same with 110.

Removing the breakers and capping the wires inside the panel is easy and not expensive if you get an electrician to do it.

Safest way for you to do it is to kill the feed to the panel so there are no live wires inside. Then disconnect and cap them.