Cheap Test for Earth Spike

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- orion.osiris
  
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10 years ago

Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:02 PM

Hi guys,

If I bang a copper rod into the ground to act as an earth, what's the simplest way of testing its effectiveness without having to blow 300 quid on a meter for the purpose?

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- John Williamson
  
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10 years ago

Fri, Aug 9, 2013 6:39 PM

Hire one?

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- Tim Watts
  
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10 years ago

Fri, Aug 9, 2013 8:17 PM

On Friday 09 August 2013 19:02 snipped-for-privacy@virgin.net wrote in uk.d-i-y:

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- Brian Gaff
  
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10 years ago

Sat, Aug 10, 2013 9:10 AM

The problem is, pure copper seems to oxidise and be less of an earth over time, depending on the soil of course. Brian

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- Farmer Giles
  
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10 years ago

Sat, Aug 10, 2013 11:25 AM

I bought a Robin KMP 4116DL for about £20 on Ebay. You have to bypass the trips when doing an internal test, but is fine for Ze testing.

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