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[LarryFine]

Engineer turned inspector goes to seminar. Listens to speaker while texting messages to boyfriend/girlfriend.

Methinks this is how 25 ohms would be a good effective level for ground rods got started.

Methinks the 25 ohm number predates cell phones by just a bit. Otherwise, it was a nice story.

 

[K8MHZ]

Engineer turned inspector goes to seminar. Listens to speaker while texting messages to boyfriend/girlfriend. Mixes up what he may or may not be saying,(providing he has his information correct in the first place). Goes home convinced its all true because after all, she heard it in a seminar which had an expert. Methinks this is how 25 ohms would be a good effective level for ground rods got started.

No, it's not.

That level was set for land line telegraphs that used single wire earth return systems.

 

[George Stolz]

No, it's not.

That level was set for land line telegraphs that used single wire earth return systems.

No it's not. That code language has been used successfully for many years, that's the reason it's code language.