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09-05-2007, 10:21 PM
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$500.00 ground rod
Just received my news letter from the NC Elect. contractors board yesterday and noticed that they had fined several contractors $ 500.00 and a reprimand for using a 4 ft ground rod for temp services. Spend $500.00 to save $8.00 now thats good business sense.
 BTW October 1, 2007 Limited going up to $40,000.00 Interm. $110,000.00 |
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09-05-2007, 10:35 PM
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I think it amazing that certain soil types will permit you to retrieve a ground rod of any length. It can sometimes take me an hour to get a rod in. It normally takes a backhoe to get them out, if you feel the neet to pull your temp rods. I never even try to pull them. Just collect the pole and move on.
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09-05-2007, 11:16 PM
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09-06-2007, 08:46 AM
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If I can put a ground rod in by hand, I'll try to take it out when I pull the temp. But if I gotta get my Hilti 905 out to drive it, it's not worth the time to try to pull it back out.
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09-06-2007, 10:25 AM
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I have done insepctions where I began pulling the ground rod up rather simply, and thought it was a four foot rod...only to find out that it is 8! Then I have to redrive it for being wrong :(.
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09-06-2007, 12:42 PM
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Interesting how many ground rod violations were in this newsletter. Must be the latest inspection department topic.
Ryan I take it there is no way to check the length without pulling it? Maybe an ultrasound? Last edited by SmithBuilt; 09-06-2007 at 12:46 PM. |
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09-06-2007, 01:10 PM
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About 25 years ago I put 7' of an 8' long GR in and hit solid rock. Finally after an hour of pounding with a sledge hammer I cut off about 6" and pounded some more. The POCO guy told me I only a 7' GR and refused to put the meter in. He didn't pull it, how did he know? I drove another in right beside it that I slightly bent so it would curve at the rock. Same guy came back and he put the meter in....
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09-06-2007, 03:04 PM
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