[TowerTalk] Resistance in house neutral

jimlux jimlux at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 26 14:44:25 PDT 2010


Pete Smith wrote:
> I just measured the resistance between the neutral wire on one outlet in 
> my shack and the SPG entry panel, which is grounded through 35 feet of 
> #2 wire to the same ground stake used by the breaker panel.  To my 
> surprise, it measured (DC) 88 ohms.  Isn't that far too high?  I expect 
> I have some trouble-shooting to do.
> 

I'd check to make sure it's not a voltage difference confusing the 
ohmmeter. (If you measure the voltage between N and Gnd, it should be 
close to zero...)


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