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Here for dwelling grounds the code is 25 ohms or less OR 2 rods. So if you drove 2 rods it didnt matter what the reading was it still met code. so either he was too lazy to drive a second rod ( most times an apprentice did it) or he had some outdoor urination urge.

We have done that as well even as far as burying a 10 lb bag of salt and piercing the bag with the rod. That way it would leach for quite some time. Only issue there is it tends to not want to let grass grow.

I had an instructor many years ago that when the city inspector would pull up he would urinate on the rod to "let it conduct better"

That's why I like to tell you all about the stupid crap I do. If I can save one person from suffering from my stupidity than my day is complete

Cell towers. They have a required ground resistance rating that must be met, so it's drive 10 feet hook and test then if it's not low enough drive another 10 feet

Error is the best teacher .

Good question, I do electrical for a profession, and though i rarely do rods these days i have usually used a jackhammer (its quite the sight to see, a 140 lb (at the time) guy lugging a 90lb jackhammer up a 12 foot ladder) to drive these (my personal record is 180 feet). That being said if...

Altitude derating is due to thinner air causing a rich mixture and loss of power. Ive never been big on the rule of thumb and more rely on FAFO. In this case its more of run it and if theres an excess of unburnt fuel or the engine struggles with loads than i derate.

I usually do it during the rainy season (most of the year here in Florida). They tend to be less angry if: there is a proper fire extinguisher visible (i have an ABC on standby and a fire blanket) and more importantly the grill going with various cooked meats available.

One of my favorite things to do (although my local fire dept doesnt find the load bank burn off nearly as amusing) .

about 15 years ago my company was hired through FP&L to replace all the t12 tubes and ballasts in a local city hall. 4 ballasts per office and we had it down to 6 min per office. By projects end myself and my partner replaced 4000 ballasts.

Excellent indeed. I have worked with many "2 wire electricians" for those of you who dont know, if its more than 2 wires they will mess it up. Float wise I worked on a system that had about 30 floats similar to these. they were housed in jar type enclosures. The problem was the things...

It looks like you arent getting enough excitation

need a to b b to c and c to a both sides

slight pitting and burning is normal in K1. you get a frequency so some power is being made. are you skilled with a multi meter? With the set running measure the voltages at the contactor. both sides lets see if the head is making power first.