Pardon me, but I'm a little slow at this.
Isn't it true that, at the pole/pad transformer, your house's neutral is
derived from the transformer's center tap and tied to
earth ground?
If that is correct, then is it a correct understanding of your message that
you are concerned about a surge on the electric
utility's earth conductor which is not fully earthed at the transformer
neutral... and continues on to your local ground?
And if that is a correct understanding, then wouldn't the induced current on
the other lines be a common mode current? In that
case all four lines (ground, neutral, +120 and -120) rise together, so the
differential voltages between neutral and +120/-120
should be rather small? Wouldn't the surge protector at the common point of
entry into the house divert this to the excellent local
earth ground at the single point of entrance? (Isn't that what the surge
protector is for?)
-- Eric K3NA
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From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com]On Behalf Of Glenn Noska
Sent: 2004 January 19 20:45
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Cc: nazgul34@hotmail.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] grounding
i'm an electrician in the surge capital of the world, Orlando ( did
lightning just hit that house?), Florida. the last three days were spent
devouring old towertalk threads on grounding, super informative! well, surge
protectors are pretty useless without a good ground and armed with towertalk
knowledge i was ready to give my customer's the best ground their money
could buy.
then, a really sharp engineer at Intermatic dropped this little
bombshell. if your ground is a lot better than the utility's ground at the
transformer then all the neighborhood's surges are coming for a visit. and
you might think they're just coming to your ground, but, as they travel the
common they induce surges in the two hots. So, you may have dodged the big
surge, and bought yourself a whole lot of little ones.
is this significant? do i need to put a big horkin MOV on the neutral
to the meter that'll add a couple dozen ohms and keep the neighborhood's
surges out? is there such a thing?
all kidding aside, i'm guaranteeing all appliances and electronics to
$10,000.00 or the homeowner's deductable (installing Intermatic
IG1300-4T-2C). please help.
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