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Handbook of Electrical Installation Practice - BeKnowledge

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538<br />

r = 0. 366 ¥ ¥ log<br />

3<br />

= 180W<br />

10<br />

3¥ 3<br />

W<br />

0. 016<br />

Ground Earthing 169<br />

Fig. 7.4 Traditional site chart: earth tester readings for different spacings enabling rod<br />

resistance values to be read directly <strong>of</strong>f the vertical scale.<br />

In general, if the curve showing the calculated resistance drops <strong>of</strong>f at least as sharply<br />

as the diagonals in Fig. 7.5, it is more advantageous to carry on driving a single rod<br />

rather than use a number <strong>of</strong> shorter rods connected in parallel. However, it must<br />

not be assumed that deep driven rods are the answer in every case. Some sub-soils<br />

are quite unsuitable and it is not worth continuing to drive into these. For example,<br />

the underlying soil may be rocky and have an increasing resistivity with depth. In

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