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  1. W

    Earth Rod Resistance is high

    Hello All, I hope somebody can give me some guidance. I have an installation that is a TT system, the area is very sandy, down the hill from the distribution board is a lake, approx 70 Meters away. The rise is about 10 metres from the lake to the level of the DB. Next to the DB enclosure I have...
  2. C

    Earth rod distance to gas service

    Hi all Im having my part p visit soon and i am using a small alteration (addition of a circuit) at my home for one of the inspections. Ive done a few tests on my own consomer unit and hit a few problems. I need to install another earth rod at home as the existing one has 250 ohm resistance...
  3. R

    Installing an earth rod - How do you do it

    I have four systems in a row to install using transformerless inverters on PME supplies so I need to earth the array frame. I will be running a 10mm earth cable from the roof down to the ground floor in each case alongside the DC cables. When I get to the garage I'll mount the inverter alongside...
  4. A

    9Kw pool heater, earth rod, seasonal drought + total tiling

    My neighbour had a 9Kw inline (in-pipe) water heater fitted - cables look well installed, with trip protection as requested by the heater installers. On connection it pulled the house trip. They suggested (rightly or wrongly) to install a separate supply before the house distribution panel -...
  5. Z

    Earth Rod Location

    I would welcome some suggestions on a TT system that I'm going to upgrade/rewire, that by the way has no earth protection at the moment, thankfully the house is now unnoccupied. The meter is typically over the front door which leads out from this terraced property directly onto the public...
  6. N

    earth rod location

    hello all, would like your views on this. i have recieved a complaint about an earth rod location. this is not by the customer but by the next door neighbor. he is saying he doesnt want it in his garden but i would say its not technically his property as it is ran down the wall of the customers...
  7. J

    earth rod for TL invertors

    Iv been told you need to install a earth rod to earth array when using transformerless invertors ,seems a bit ott rcd not enough ?
  8. O

    TT earth rod need to be visually verified?

    Hi all, just did my first PIR on a TT system and found an earthing conductor heading from the MET, under the floorboards and into the ground away from the ccu towards the house. Ze gave me 3.9 ohms. Question is: do i need to visually verify connection to a rod (if there is one!)...
  9. S

    please could anybody help me with a job im pricing??? outbuilding needing earth rod.

    Im new to this forum so bare with me please guys. Right heres my question.... I have been asked to wire an outbuilding on a farm that is in the middile of nowere, the electricity company ( north west electricity) have sent a letter stating that i have to provide my own earth, so i presume that...
  10. 1

    Earth Rod Readings

    Hi, my first post so be gentle. Got my MCS inspection on the 24th March and I'm struggling with earthing the array frame. I have installed an SMA 4000tl inverter on a PME system, and not being galvanically separated I have placed the required earth rod (my first ever in many years of sparking!)...
  11. E

    Size of cable to earth rod - TT system

    Hi all, Quick question, can you use a 25mm cable from earth bar in C/U to Earth Rod in cellar directly below? Reason I ask is I need the 3m tails to extend from incoming fuse, and they come with a 25mm earth cable included, so would this be easier than running a new 10mm earth cable to the...
  12. T

    Outbuilding earth rod

    Hello I have an outbuilding which has its own earth rod, but I am getting a 280ohm ze. I have checked the ze in the main building and it is 150. The earth in the 3 core SWA supplying the outbuilding is not being used, is there any reason or part of the regs that says I can't use the main...
  13. S

    Lightning Protection Noise on earth rod

    just been spammed with testing an installations Lightning protection system out in Afghan. was installed nearly a year agbo but the lad that installed it has now done one so i get the honour of testing it. it has two sets of cabins each with 8 earth pits around them, the rods are not linked...
  14. Mark.W

    TT system earth rod

    Chaps Having a discussion with a colleague and we have a TT system with a supply to an out building. It's more than 5m away! Does it need a second earth rod? Cheers Marl
  15. keniff

    tt earth rod.

    hi guys i dont do alot of work on tt setups in my area, just done a few bits, new ring and lighting circuit for an extension, do i need to include earth rod resistance on my eic? thanks in advance
  16. D

    Earth Rod Driver!

    DEWALT DT8093 SDS MAX 16.5MM EARTH ROD DRIVER on eBay (end time 17-Sep-10 21:44:05 BST) any body used one???
  17. D

    Earth rod

    Niggly Question!!! earth rods located underneath customers floor boards..! what is the rule..! if you suspect a earth rod to be located underneath the flooring of a house but cant get access to check due to laminate flooring etc what the hell do you do if customer is unsure and running a...
  18. C

    Earth Rod Installation and testing

    Went to do an inspection job today for a guy that had just had his consumer unit changed by a non part p sparky. I found that there was no earth connected at all, he had just connected the CU to an empty earth terminal and that was it ( no other bonding either ). It was a TT system and i found...
  19. D

    1st Earth Rod Install

    Hi all been looking through BRB etc and looking for pointers for installing an earth rod but can't find anything so here we go. Typical 3 bed house no earth protection TT system Can I bury the rod under the floor boards as there is a recess about 2ft deep below or does it have to be visable...
  20. T

    Access To TT systems Earth Rod for PIR?

    Hello fellows, Just wanted to get your thoughts on this... I'm working on a property with a TT supply in the hills, I have tested the Ze at 13.5 Ohms, very healthy Earth Rod I thought. Only problem is that its been concreted over through the years so all that now exists is the earth cable...

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