INSTALLING AN EARTH ELECTRODE

Have you ever had an earth electrode install that went wrong? Let me know in the comments below!
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[@stephenpower9572]

Neat install. Good workmanship. Tt systems can be a pain in different soils. Have had to drill holes around rod area and pour salt down holes. It can sometimes help lower readings.

[@bristolsparky]

Thanks mate, pouring salt? That’s a new one for me! Fair play🤙🏻

[@JohnJKelly-of4dc]

Would that not cause premature corrosion of the rod?

[@martinburgess2322]

Nice tidy job as always buddy 😎👍👍

[@bristolsparky]

Appreciate it mate, spread the word😎

[@rscelectrical7091]

Nice neat job buddy, down here in Wales we've got a lot of TT earthing and it can be a pain in the ass to get a good reading. Where did you buy the driver bit to go on your SDS ?.

[@bristolsparky]

CEF sourced it for me, prob have to remortgage when the invoice comes through

[@rscelectrical7091]

​@@bristolsparky : Cheers buddy, I'll nip to my local cef and see what they say. Have a good weekend.

[@bristolsparky]

@@rscelectrical7091 you can get them online E.g. eBay and Amazon etc

[@rjkelectrical6086]

Nice job mate 👌

[@bristolsparky]

Cheers, genuinely appreciate your comment

[@ebeddy5727]

Tidy work. I’ve got a long SDS bit and quite often drop that as a pilot. More times than not it’s because I’m hitting the foundation strip, but you don’t want to put rods out in the middle of the garden! I’ve never used an earth pit, looks well tidy, might try one next time.

[@bristolsparky]

I normally use a 1m 10mm SDS bit exactly like you, on this occasion however I bought the linian bit to try out.

[@patrickkelley3408]

Nice install. I am curious to know how long are your ground rods there ?

[@bristolsparky]

1200mm

[@patrickkelley3408]

@@bristolsparky Thank you for responding..

[@elektrikahectorfernandezol5341]

Pero cual es el valor de la toma Tierra???????🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

[@bristolsparky]

Did you not see?

[@elektrikahectorfernandezol5341]

@@bristolsparky no ,no lo he visto.

[@Kieran-jq5kk]

Whats the name of the actual box you use to terminate that mate? An earth pit?

[@bristolsparky]

Exactly that 👍🏻

[@Kieran-jq5kk]

Nice one mate 👌

[@matthewfewings6023]

Does the gas come in underground to that property.
If so you have balls of steel. I would have bailed on that big time lol.
Earth disc in the garden.

[@bristolsparky]

100% confident in my placement, no balls of steel here.

[@K.Pilkington]

​@@bristolsparkyMaybe for the next video make it a couple minutes longer and show the process of why you were 100% confident on placement. Did you cat scan the ground etc? It would be good to know how.

[@bristolsparky]

@@K.Pilkington maybe mate

[@robinpenny3193]

Disappointing reading. Have you seen the new(ish) Condudisc? Much better than an earth rod. More expensive to buy, but much more durable & much lower resistance. You have to dig a pit, but probably rather less struggle than a rod. I got a reading of 14.9 ohms with mine.

[@bristolsparky]

Yes I’ve heard of condudisc

[@williamlowther7051]

Shouldn't have put that big lump on the end and just stuck the rod in, good job but high reading, denso tape should be used instead of grease but nobody uses it,

[@bristolsparky]

Big lump? Reading is stable. Lubricant/grease is also an appropriate method.