[TowerTalk] ground rods and wells

[jimlux]

On 1/4/11 7:20 AM, WA2PUQ wrote:
> Correct me, if I'm wrong, but doesn't the well casing only run down to the
> bedrock, the pump being possibly much deeper in the hole?
> If so, even the connected ground and casing might not be of that great a
> help.
>
> Stan
>


Could be.
I'm pretty ignorant on wells and such.

I was just wondering what the failure mechanism would be.  Is it current 
flowing from the earth into the pump and up the power wires (or vice 
versa)?  Or something else?