Ground rod testing??

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I think this guy needs to find other topics for his how to knowledge. He certainly not testing the resistance to ground at all here, but rather resistance between the rod via the GEC, maybe the main bonding jumper and then the EGC to the receptacle used for a reference point:unsure::eek::poop:
 
James L said:
His target audience has absolutely no business touching anything electrical
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Neither should he!!! You see his bio as reported:
"About the Author Dan: Just a random guy who likes to build things. Providing tool knowledge, appliance/device testing tips, and DIY project info in an easy-to read & non-intimidating style."
That's his level of knowledge and expertise. And that's the type we run up against all the time, home owners who view this garbage. It would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous and causing so many stupid "educated" H Os.
Now, the H O that watches this, doesn't get the reading that they think they should get, calls us (after they get it all messed up while trying to make a fix themselves), saying "fix it please". Then questions US while we're trying figure out what they did "Why are you doing that? Dan didn't do it that way." ARRRGG. They'll trust "random guy" with a you tube video over a trained, licensed, electrician. Double ARRRGG.
Then he tells his audience to use a pair of high voltage gloves, where is a typical H O getting those? Most likely they'll think "I'll use a pair of my wife's latex cleaning gloves that should work!"
 
Fred B said:
Neither should he!!! You see his bio as reported:
"About the Author Dan: Just a random guy who likes to build things. Providing tool knowledge, appliance/device testing tips, and DIY project info in an easy-to read & non-intimidating style."
That's his level of knowledge and expertise. And that's the type we run up against all the time, home owners who view this garbage. It would be funny if it wasn't so dangerous and causing so many stupid "educated" H Os.
Now, the H O that watches this, doesn't get the reading that they think they should get, calls us (after they get it all messed up while trying to make a fix themselves), saying "fix it please". Then questions US while we're trying figure out what they did "Why are you doing that? Dan didn't do it that way." ARRRGG. They'll trust "random guy" with a you tube video over a trained, licensed, electrician. Double ARRRGG.
Then he tells his audience to use a pair of high voltage gloves, where is a typical H O getting those? Most likely they'll think "I'll use a pair of my wife's latex cleaning gloves that should work!"
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Quite frankly I'd have no problem performing what he described wearing shorts and flip flops or even while stark naked. You can easily contact same items involved when not trying to do any sort of electrical work. If anything he is promoting more tools and/or safety equipment which is apparently what the site is all about.

Be interesting to see what kind of ads on that page show up for others. I did get couple electrical tool ads, but I'm pretty sure were selected from my browsing history as they were from sites I have visited, have made purchases from and the site has more than just tools. Particularly "Zoro" which is Graingers version of Amazon and often items are less than through Grainger unless maybe you are a higher volume purchaser and get special discounts.
 
"For an outlet, this will be the outlet’s third hole also called a ground plug, earthing, case or common ground. An American outlet has this hole at the bottom of the other two; For an Asian outlet, it’s the top hole. "

Well, that settles that.
 
I personally like " Using a rod is the only way to ensure there is contact between your house’s electrical system and the earth. " and " A ground rod is used in your home’s electrical system to ensure that unsafe and uncontrolled electrical current is safely dissipated into the earth (ground). The unsafe electricity could be from faulty electrical circuits, outlets, utility overvoltage or even from a lightning strike. " lol
 
K8MHZ said:
"For an outlet, this will be the outlet’s third hole also called a ground plug, earthing, case or common ground. An American outlet has this hole at the bottom of the other two; For an Asian outlet, it’s the top hole. "

Well, that settles that.
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I thought there was some sort of ethnic stereotype going on there o_O
 
Given that in a lot of areas the primary to the transformer will be line and neutral, there will be voltage on the ground rod based on the voltage drop of the primary neutral, and make it impossible to read resistance.
 
don_resqcapt19 said:
Given that in a lot of areas the primary to the transformer will be line and neutral, there will be voltage on the ground rod based on the voltage drop of the primary neutral, and make it impossible to read resistance.
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And trigger lots of confusion by the author and his followers - must be something horribly wrong.
 
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