[TowerTalk] Hazards of low soil conductivity

KD7JYK DM09 kd7jyk at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 9 20:43:11 EST 2022


> farm!  We used to have have two houses on different electric feeds that 
> had common galvanized pipe plumbing.  This was very problematical with 
> respect to the use of cold water pipes as electrical grounds.

I had an unusual situation of voltage between water coming out of the 
faucets, and ground.

Turns out the electrical grounds/neutrals were bad (since installation 
in 1979), and the return paths for two 120V 100A feeds was up the water 
in a PVC pipe back into the well.

Kurt



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