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Earth pit improvement

12/25/2009 12:10 AM

How to improve earth value in hill areas

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Re: Earth pit improvement

12/25/2009 6:32 AM

Fill the area of the earth pit surrounding the electrode with any enhancing compound like Bentonite.

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Re: Earth pit improvement

12/25/2009 12:04 PM

Fill the area of the earth pit surrounding the electrode with any enhancing compound like Bentonite

You may also need to add more electrodes,bentonite works very well.I have improved grounding grids in almost all rock areas,from several hundred ohms to well under 25 doing both.

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Re: Earth pit improvement

12/29/2009 8:05 AM

Pour seawater over the earth rod installation. Failing that, animal urine sometimes works well.

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