ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
A dairy customer told me a few months ago that they had a bare cu wire buried around their facilitiy to help with "stray voltage" and whatever else. He wasn't sure when I talked to him today. I was going to clamp a meter around it just because I was curious. I thought maybe they had tied it into the electrical system some where. Nope. Positive goes to the #8 Bare Cu, Negative goes to the antenna. My DC amp clamp meter will not read that low. The only load that I could see was the little LED type affair that was supposed to indicate 24V. It was unlit at 17 volt. Maybe time to replace the batteries. This must be the new model because the batteries of one I saw before was not connected to the cu ring, just the GES at the 480v service. There are a few new members so maybe they have insight into the theory of this setup. I certainly don't have a clue.
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