"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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Toom Tabard wrote:
What I don't understand is how to find impedance down earth pipe and
at socket with a multimeter.

In practice, you can't. You need a proper tester which just looks a bit
like a multi-meter. It puts a very large load to earth on the circuit for
a fraction of a second and measures the current flow, and from that
calculates the impedance.
They are quite expensive devices and need regular calibration.


Wouldn't a 3 bar electric fire between live and earth do the job? Where you
measure the voltage (change) between earth and neutral?

Resistance = voltage / current through fire?