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I am having a problem understanding a question in mylearning book.

It gives the scenario:

The following 6 line to earth values were recorded in aninstallation. What would be the expected values at the origin and what actionsshould be taken, if any.

Circuit 1 = 25 Ω
Circuit 2 = 2 Ω
Circuit 3 = 10 Ω
Circuit 4 = 20 Ω
Circuit 5 = 25 Ω
Circuit 6 = 15 Ω

So I’m assuming this is a continuity reading as it doesn’t state.

What would be the steps to figure this out. I’m not askingfor the answers because I need to understand and work it out myself, however I can’tunderstand where I’d start. Add them all up and divided by 6 to get andaverage?

Any help would be appreciated

 
I am having a problem understanding a question in mylearning book.

It gives the scenario:

The following 6 line to earth values were recorded in aninstallation. What would be the expected values at the origin and what actionsshould be taken, if any.

Circuit 1 = 25 Ω
Circuit 2 = 2 Ω
Circuit 3 = 10 Ω
Circuit 4 = 20 Ω
Circuit 5 = 25 Ω
Circuit 6 = 15 Ω

So I’m assuming this is a continuity reading as it doesn’t state.

What would be the steps to figure this out. I’m not askingfor the answers because I need to understand and work it out myself, however I can’tunderstand where I’d start. Add them all up and divided by 6 to get andaverage?

Any help would be appreciated

misread it.

have a look in your onsite guide and check if the values comply,

remember that zs= ze+(r1+r2)

what do you think?

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This question would make a lot more sense if the values were in MOhms, and the question was relating to being able to perform a resistance in parallel calculation, and illustrating the difference between single circuit and global IR testing.

It is very poorly worded though.
 
This question would make a lot more sense if the values were in MOhms, and the question was relating to being able to perform a resistance in parallel calculation, and illustrating the difference between single circuit and global IR testing.

It is very poorly worded though.

I agree. Hence why im confused. At the top of the page it says im on the section of "insulation resistance" but that confuses me even more
 
i would imagine that it should be an IR question and the figures should be in Megohms. then you would work out the resistance of the circuits in parallel to give a global value at the origin. ( using 1/Rt = 1/R1+1/R2+1/R3.......)
 
Doing some research on the calculations because it's new to me.

would this be correct with the values I have.

1/R1+1/R2+1/R3+1/R4+1/R5+1/R6

=

1/25+1/5+1/10+1/20+1/25+1/15

=

0.04+0.2+0.1+0.5+0.04+0.066

=

1/0.496 = 2.016 overall value
 
Doing some research on the calculations because it's new to me.

would this be correct with the values I have.

1/R1+1/R2+1/R3+1/R4+1/R5+1/R6

=

1/25+1/5+1/10+1/20+1/25+1/15

=

0.04+0.2+0.1+0.5+0.04+0.066

=

1/0.496 = 2.016 overall value

I get 2.014 (reciprocals not rounded) so you are correct. The only thing I noticed was that in your initial post circuit 2 is listed as a value of 2, and in your final calc it is 5.

You say you have not performed this calc before ? why are you been given questions on subject matter you have not yet covered ?
 
I get 2.014 (reciprocals not rounded) so you are correct. The only thing I noticed was that in your initial post circuit 2 is listed as a value of 2, and in your final calc it is 5.

You say you have not performed this calc before ? why are you been given questions on subject matter you have not yet covered ?


They will surely have covered resistors in parallel previously to this i would of thought. :smile:
 

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