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Earthing Guidelines
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Contents
1. About This Document ............................................................... 6
1.1 Purpose ............................................................................................................6
1.2 Intended Audience ......................................................................................6
1.3 Document Conventions ............................................................................6
2. Overview of Earth Resistance................................................... 8
2.1 Earth Resistance ............................................................................................8
2.1.1 Achieving Earth Resistance ...............................................................8
2.1.2 Ground System Resistance ...............................................................8
2.2 Earth Resistance Measurement...............................................................9
3. Earthing Connections ............................................................. 10
3.1 Joining Earth Pits at RBTS Site .............................................................. 10
3.2 Earth Pit at VBTS Site ................................................................................ 11
3.3 Connections and Joints in Earthing System.................................... 12
3.4 Earth Connection to Various Equipments ....................................... 13
3.5 Safety Precautions .................................................................................... 13
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Figures
Figure 1: Joining the Earth Pits ........................................................................ 10
Figure 2: Earthing Electrode Installation View ........................................... 11
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Tables
Table 1: Document Conventions .......................................................................6
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Description
Note: Provides information
about important features or
instructions.
Caution: Alerts you to potential
damage to a program, device, or
system.
Warning: Alerts you to potential
injury or fatality. May also alert
you to potential electrical
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hazards.
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You need to ensure that between the earth pit and the rods,
there is no water-drainage pipe, sewerage, boundary wall or
anything that changes the configuration of earth/soil. This
ensures the correctness of the reading.
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3. Earthing Connections
This section details the guidelines to be followed while joining
the earth pits and connecting earth pits to various equipments.
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