Ground rod specifics

seneysolar said:

Im curious to how its measured. Does the inspector have his own ground rod he pokes in the dirt 10 inches and tells you how your 8ft ground rod isnt enough???
Seems like they would need 2 of their own rods already in the ground to measure against with acceptable resistance between the two.

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timselectric said:

The few times that I was required to give a test report.
We drove an extra rod at 50' and 100' from the systems rod/s.
And used a third-party to verify the readings.

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timselectric said:

The few times that I was required to give a test report.
We drove an extra rod at 50' and 100' from the systems rod/s.
And used a third-party to verify the readings.

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seneysolar said:

Yikes!
Yeah I was trying to wrap my brain around how the inspector could determine resistance without another rod driven as a measurement point.

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