TT...installing 5/8" rods

[GLENNSPARK]

well...here I am again...this time its installing a TT system utilising 2X 5/8" rods...with the connector..:


here is the necessary gear as laid out (the 20mm PVC conny isn`t in the pic)


these are the type of rods you need...no 3/8" twigs here (apart from in that bush behind maybe)


site is about 1 1/2 meters away from the house...thats the first one in..now to connect the second onto the first ....and carry on...


still some way to go...


get it brayed in....Robert my assistant uses the fork with a bit of tape to keep the rod steady


thats a length of 10mm CSA G/Y being pulled through a length of conny for main earthing (the conny was dropped into the ground)

Ze was OK at just over 15 ohms...had to change the 16th edition setup in the board...it was configured as a split load 10 & 2....dropped another RCD in it and did it 5 & 5
happy days...:biggrin:

 

[telectrix]

don't let Eng54 see those pics. he'll likely have an orgasm. :tounge_smile:

 

[hasel5]

Why the 10 mmm g/y

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Why the 10 mmm g/y

just what I was given....i know it isn`t necessary....

 

[hasel5]

Ok cool

 

[SPARTYKUS]

^^im thinking the fast show sketch

as regards Eng54's response (eh hem) to the pictures.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

^^im thinking the fast show sketch

as regards Eng54's response (eh hem) to the pictures.

no doubt he`ll show up sometime this evening....
he`ll probably have a moan about summat like.....but i just thought it would be a bit different to the usual 3/8 twigs that some folk just bang in.....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i wonder how long it will be before someone starts calling me chunk....

 

[Knobhead]

I thought the idea of an assistant was for them to swing the hammer?

Would be interesting if you could take a reading a few months down the line.

 

[telectrix]

like the method of banging it in.... forking hell.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I thought the idea of an assistant was for them to swing the hammer?

Would be interesting if you could take a reading a few months down the line.

Tony....if i get the chance...i will....
I didn`t want robert swinging the hammer as he is only still a boy....and i didn`t want him to get caught by it....thats the reason i insisted he use the fork to steady the rod rather than just grabbing the rod with his hand...as he was attempting to do....just in case

 

[Marvo]

Very nice, I don't have nerves of steel like you so I usually dig at least 500mm first with a spade, I've hit too many drains and water pipes in my time so I'm a bit skittish.

Just out of interest don't you get a 2.4 meter rod which would save the need for a coupler? Also did you get 15ohms just testing the rod or was that after it was connected and possibly with parallel paths? If it was just the rod then that's very good ground, we usually need multiple rods or around 10-15 meters depth where I am to get an impedance that low

 

[Geordie Spark]

Tony....if i get the chance...i will....
I didn`t want robert swinging the hammer as he is only still a boy....and i didn`t want him to get caught by it....thats the reason i insisted he use the fork to steady the rod rather than just grabbing the rod with his hand...as he was going to do....just in case

You're going soft in your old age mate !!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Very nice, I don't have nerves of steel like you so I usually dig at least 500mm first with a spade, I've hit too many drains and water pipes in my time so I'm a bit skittish.

Just out of interest don't you get a 2.4 meter rod which would save the need for a coupler? Also did you get 15ohms just testing the rod or was that after it was connected and possibly with parallel paths? If it was just the rod then that's very good ground, we usually need multiple rods or around 10-15 meters depth where I am to get an impedance that low

rod with main earthing attached....its 2 rods connected....
now, the drains were at the opposite side of the garden....the supply is shared...from next door....i assessed the area beforehand...and made the decision to send the rod in where i did......

 

[telectrix]

assessed the area beforehand...and made the decision to send the rod in where i did......

and there i was, thinking that you just chucked it off the roof, blindfold and that;s where it landed. :rockon:​