Shouldn't you be concerned about the ground rod at your load center. The
ground at the meter is more to do with the electricity company. You safety
ground is at the load center.
I have a 13kV run to the house. The transformer is at the last pole. There
is a current transformer for the meter, which is attached to the pole and
then the power drop comes to my house and to my load center. My house ground
starts at the load center.
Each power pole has a copper ground wire attached to the lower wire in the
13kV pair.
Mark N1UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, 07 September, 2012 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Another Grounding Question
Joe,
Where is the main service disconnect switch and breaker panel? Are they on
the pole or in the basement?
Mike W4EF............
On 9/6/2012 8:44 PM, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
I need to make one more grounding connection by bonding the tower grounds
to
the electrical ground.
My power meter is on a light pole about 20 feet from my house. The power
comes to the pole underground and then goes to the house underground as
well. It just pops up out of the ground for the light and then the
meter.
The power enters the house through a basement wall.
There is no obvious ground rod to be seen. The pole has a bare wire
running
from the meter into the ground. I suspect it is attached to the bottom
of
the pole. If I bond the tower grounds to this wire have I done what I am
supposed to do? If not what do folks suggest?
Thanks and 73,
Joe kk0sd
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