I don't think it is a wild leg system.

They have been installed (irrgation pumps) but not turned on, so I can't check.

I was trying to figure out some "spring wound off timers" when my electrician said he thought the coil wire voltage would be 480 to ground instead of 240 to ground and 480 phase to phase(I hope I'm saying this right).I called power co engineer and he verified that the coil wires would be 480 to ground. I assume phase to phase would have to be 480 still. 

0-12 hr spring wound timers that will handle up to 277 volts are common,  but I can't find one that will handle 480 V.

I hope my laymans terms arn't confusing the issue.

Let me make this clear:I won't be doing the work myself, only trying to run down the parts. I do some 220 3phase at my grainery, but this is out of my league and I know it.

Thanks,

John