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TEST REPORT
FOR SOIL
RESISTIVITY
MEASURMENT
Fig. shows the general measurement setup. The four earth probes should be driven into the
ground in a straight line, at a distance ‘a’ metres apart and driven to a depth of ‘P’ cm.
The maximum depth of the probe should not exceed 20cm nor exceed 1/20TH of the probe spacing
distance ‘a’. A series of resistance readings are taken for various spacings of the probes. For large sites
the maximum spacings are increased to enable the soil resistivity to be assessed at a greater depth.
The four probes should be connected to the tester, with the outer probes connected to the C1 and C2
terminals, and the inner probes to the P1 and P2 terminals. The instrument should be kept in a central
position and a series of resistance measurements made as the four electrodes are moved out in equal
distances from the central point. A calculation is made to determine the average soil resistivity of all
layers of soil between the surface and a depth ‘d’ which is taken to be ¾ of the separation distance ‘a’.
The meter should be left on to allow the built in filters to operate and the value after 30 seconds should
be taken. If the reading is varying significantly, this may be due to :-
• Electrical interference
• High contact resistance at the test probes
• Damaged test leads
• Reading at the lower limit of the instrument’s measuring capability
SIDE BORDER
62 0.64 0.24 0.09 0.04 4.02 3.01 2.83 2.51
63 0.31 0.26 0.12 0.07 1.95 3.27 3.77 4.40
64 0.32 0.22 0.11 0.04 2.01 2.76 3.45 2.51
65 0.34 0.24 0.1 0.05 2.14 3.01 3.14 3.14
66 0.32 0.22 0.12 0.06 2.01 2.76 3.77 3.77
TESTED BY
DHARMENDRA PRAJAPATI
(B.E. ELECTRICAL)
SOIL RESISTIVITY
5.00
4.50
4.00
3.50
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
1 MTR 2 MTR 5 MTR 10 MTR
SIDE BORDER
47 0.25 0.18 0.14 0.09 1.57 2.26 4.40 5.65
48 1.21 0.49 0.25 0.12 7.60 6.15 7.85 7.54
49 1.36 0.65 0.38 0.21 8.54 8.16 11.93 13.19
50 1.52 1.32 0.45 0.35 9.55 16.58 14.13 21.98
TESTED BY
DHARMENDRA PRAJAPATI
(B.E. ELECTRICAL)
6.00
5.00
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00
1 MTR 2 MTR 5 MTR 10 MTR
TESTED BY
DHARMENDRA PRAJAPATI
(B.E. ELECTRICAL)
3.00
2.50
2.00
1.50
1.00
0.50
0.00
1 MTR 2 MTR 5 MTR 10 MTR