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Grounding

What are driven rods and advanced driven rods?

E&S Grounding Solutions Oct 25, 2020 0 2392

One of the main advantages of Advanced Driven Rods is that they can easily be installed to depths of 20 ft or more.

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Will applying salt around earthing electrodes help to resolve neutral to ground line voltage issues?

E&S Grounding Solutions Nov 14, 2019 0 548

Generally speaking, reducing the resistance of the earthing electrodes (salting them) will not help you with a neutral to ground line voltage issue.

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What is the rod distance required by the NEC away from the electrical panel?

E&S Grounding Solutions Jan 23, 2019 0 1888

Generally speaking “best practice” would indicate that the closer you install the rod to the panel, the better

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When is it necessary to put a disconnect switch in a residence with a 100, 200 amps, and where do you ground it to?

E&S Grounding Solutions Mar 3, 2018 0 829

Since the very first National Electric Code (NEC) NFPA 70 was written, over a hundred years ago, there has been a requirement for completely disconnecting the power coming into a building. This is called a “Service Disconnect” by the NEC

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How to get a grounding rod below 1ohm ground resistance?

E&S Grounding Solutions Oct 20, 2017 0 2217

To reduce the resistance to ground, you have two choices: A) drive your ground rod deeper or B) add additional ground rods in parallel.

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Why bond the neutral and the ground wire in the main panel?

E&S Grounding Solutions Aug 3, 2017 0 2291

Over Current Protection Devices (OCPD) such as circuit breakers and fuses actually require a short and intense INCREASE in electrical current (a short) in order to detect the fault and cut the circuit off.