No Earth?

[GarryJ]

Evening all,

I have arranged to go and see a job on Wednesday with the following problem: The customer has a disabled son and is eligible for a heating grant, however when they came out to survey to install it they told her she had no earth present at her supply and would have to get one installed before they would begin work. As i said I have not seen it yet so whether there is one present and just too high reading I don't know. It is a rural cottage with an overhead supply

I am just looking for some advice as I have not done much work on TT systems and I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to advise me on how to go about it/ best earth rod to install etc

Any help appreciated

 

[harrod58]

Remember the 30mA RCDs!!!

 

[dim_bulb]

I think under 200 ohms in deemed stable but with and rcd couldnt it be 1667

Right where's my hat I'm gona need it

 

[Octopus]

Actually I'd be using my own skills and knowledge to check the ACTUAL situation before spending any money.

Got a call recently from a rather worried lady saying her house was using her metal garage door as the earth. Sure enough there was 10mm GY running to the garage door, but also a nice fairly recent piece of 16mm GY running into the lecky box!

 

[ayjay]

if the soils full of rocks and stones well------
if its chalk well-----
best of luck