On Mon, 5 May 2008 19:21:16 +0300, "Tzortzakakis Dimitrios"
wrote:


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"NB" wrote in message
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Who is W_TOM and why has he appeared in every single thread that has
contained those keywords since 2001???

He an obsessive-compulsive disorder victim, apparently driven by some kind
of bizarre fetish involving ground rods.


What kind of ground rods? I prefer steel core, copper clad ones:-) I even
have the special heavy hammer

I'm on 2000' of sand, and at the moment, my house earth is the copper
water pipes, but the water corp keep adding plastic bits here and
there, so I don't really trust it. I was going to hammer in a 20'
length of 3/4" copper pipe under a large tree which gets the drain
from my grey water. Probably the best I can do.

I'm not a full bottle on earth loops yet so i don't know about leaving
the water mains connection still connected.
What's the best way to test an earth?
I heard once that a large electric radiator (fire) connected between
active (hot) and the earth will glow as per normal if the earth has
good capacity. Perhaps a current comparison between the earth return
and neutral return would be more informative?


jack