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A wotd ot taulion. Bo awaio that Lhcre
inay lio buucd utilitios nuaxby whon
insoiting tho gtound st.ilto into tho
‘ gtound
| ci-oatiiig good gtouiidlng where
the earth is not accessible.
_.. . ._ .. AI ..-= ~ -~ ~, - -== l|’~ not .ilw.iys poss-iblo to insoit .i
IE}: Eli’: ll . - - » - - ii i§"§§ 5-i§ 5ii'it.
l=:=ln=ll 2: mi tit:-.1!-5 z= aaax-.-A 5 la-£515 5 #15’ fimunf Elm "“° “W £[<"“"'F<‘t ~° “Km
nvo o o oioto mvL‘n WC. ot ins anoo,
EYSIM 56"”-* oonnooting tho ground wito to niaiiholo
s . - K, - . , - - . - G COVE!’ siutound tan ho \’Cl'y onootivo.
mood gioundmo to nmpwxc unnry Iommno the to on a
linish t-list to onsiuo .i good oonnootioii.
Introduction Tip You tan also iiso othoi inotnllio
. . t tu .- li d th « d l
i mmnmbcx who.. i to.-t lmmduczd The gioonoing most cffncuvc whoi. ;KK"K'u=Kd*f; ‘jjfc b'_'K'K b; 53:31 "~35;
to tho world of utility locating sonio 35 the earth -~' comp-med am-Ind Hm chum; fifunum that mm mm
yoais ago. l was told that to got a good oanh stalto so whon you push tho oanh K Mg m*Kdmm_ For mmplc Kl
“’°‘“° ’‘5““‘ 3'“ “Nd “’ "5“‘ “ 5°“ "““‘ ‘“‘° "‘° 5‘°“““’ "‘““‘ “"“ “ is toin tin to oonnoot to a oiotallit
ground." it mnllv dtdn'tmci1n anything go» straight mm Ihr earth without any k P 13 m g H}, . ,, ,
K V ’ dt _d K |nKKd _ noingstut to, u isisinoota
to l'nL and did nothing to holp toinoyo si o o si o oioi oinon o oopti you I d 1 “K K 1
K K ,, ,, K K h I I U M Mt U ongoon uotoiti.it ontutnsigna
lhL on stios of giounding. Hopzfllll). pm i in o io gioun io t oi, .is io Wm M to hm‘ a “dc Tim mm K‘
tho tollowing .ittiolo oaii help clanfy tho giound tonds to ho inoio ooinpnoi, .ind _ * _ ‘ *
o.,..oo,,t,- also inoistot, whioli hclp~ oonnootivity “ “‘°"3 “$““' ““““"“E ""'“ “‘“
to tho gtound. ln oxtiooio tasos its “‘“““8 5”?’ “Way ‘"’"‘ ‘‘‘“°‘“8

F” *° undmand Sm“"d'“s W° wonh wotting tho aion aiound tho onnli Independent Grounding

md to ur-dmt-md where ~'-sm1»~ st.ilto llo.ivoit to tho tondoi to dooido U d d d 11

oonio ttooi. Dotootnhlo oloottoinagnotio Whm, but [0 gm Wm,‘ an an In even cm gmun W m
sign.ils are otontod \'t’1\CnC\'Cl’ wo _ K _ inultiplo utility linos mztybc liondod
have .in olooti-ital ounont tlowing in .i Positioning the ground stake. togothoi. A typioal example ol this is
oonduotot Now, tot tho tunont to slow The puma“ 0‘ WK gmmd Mk cm whon mapping out inultiplo oahlos

in a utility wo nood .i oooiploto ououit afimmumT1Ke mm is ‘D have the iadiating tioin an unusod low voltage
tiooi .i ttansoiittoi, along tho utility, and . uanstonnot ~ubslatlon. Thoio is .i

signal lravcl along tho ultltly without
thon bark to tho ttnnsinittot Icmplatmn to toiinoot tho giound wuo
“V ‘“‘‘'’f"““‘“ ‘"’"‘ ‘}‘“ “"3"” tiooi tho tiinsinittot to tho st.ition

Thoto .ito a low wnys to satoly oonnooi mmmmg thmuzh tlm an-“Ind T0 ground Aft” in am B a my good

to tho talilo but that is nnothot suhioot. ininioiizo tho ottoots ot tho gioiind mm and Kmfid K*N’m K“ km of
5““'“° “’ “Y W“ m“ ‘°“"°“‘ ”“‘ °““"““ “ “"““ “’ ""“" "‘“ °‘""‘ i il HGWEVEI tho stition iound will
ttansoiittoi to tho utility. Howovoi, aim at far away ‘mm Hm uhl-ty ’bf'C‘m’mmd to 'fl“ ‘ht (“bk ‘gmundg
typitally, thoto is no iotuin oalilo. so wo as possililo. Foi this tonson, most and Pmbflbly the mmnfl “mum
inust oioato our own totuin path back iiuinutaotuiots ioooininond placing Wnhm the bmldmg “K” KHKKWK “KC

. th d.tik-dltth . *’ *

‘E ”'° ‘$“*‘“'““- W“ d° 9"” by “W5 ulK“lK’ff°;‘KK"d K‘~_;aK“K"K;:*’,":K‘K_ '°D“~K“K:Kl: “ signal to totuin to tho ttansinittot

' “ °‘" * ’ ‘ ‘ ’ P ’ ’ along inultiplo paths otoating .i i~oiy
Tho signal u'avcl~ .ilong tho utility This is a good staning point, howoivor, oonhising lotalo situation. ln this onso
maung a Mg“; WC an imam b... the othoi intluonoos should lio oonsidotod. it is inuoh hottot to uso an indopondont
iotuining sign.il usos tho giound as a Pot uxamplc, plnoing tho ground ground stalto positionod woll away
oonduotot back to tho tninsinittoi Tho st.ilto oloso to othoi utility linos will tiooi tho substation. If nooossaiy, uso
iotuin ounonts distnhuto thoinsolyos ontounigo tho totiun sign.il to hitth an oxtonsion onhlo to extend tho o.ittli
thtoughout tho giound so thoy hnyo a tide on tlioso utilitios. Tho resllll oonnootion to a suit.ililo giounding sito.

. oan ho thnt tho totuin si al lioooinos
— * ‘ ’ ‘ lio l’ , d t . . d ioci oci
oahlos, tho tat ond giound is oioatod signal whioh oan ho oonhising tot tho “"1: n‘mm“:"_‘K‘i
by “W ‘“‘‘“‘‘°‘ °‘ “W Ca“? 7}“ °"“““” 5°’ “ ‘}‘“ "°’“‘°“ °f "‘}‘” and h.ii),o lioon suitalily lralnfd §oi livo
ttansoiittoiond is usu.illy created by utilitios is loiown, koop tho gxound ab!“ 1 ‘K ml*dam muld be Nd
tho opoiatot. A niotallio oaith stako, stnlto woll nway tioni thoin. ‘I }*K' ‘ 5 ‘h P *
usuall loss thin 0 sni in loii th is W “C ‘” “ml °’ “’P'“’
Y t ‘ - 5 v > Also tonioinhot that tho gtound
insottod into tho gtound nnd tho black Knowing wh.it signal is hoing
. ooiinottion lond will havn tho iotutn
load tioin tho tninsniittot is oonnootod tiansinittod tioin tho ttansoiittoi is
signal and tan ho oontusod with tho
to it. 1 f hK , a good indioation or how good tho
signa toin t o ultltt). Kccptng tho mum" N '
oahlo poi-pondioulai will holp toduoo 5 5 ‘
tho ottoots or this
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