PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 395
OCTOBER 1985
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Getting
a
good
ground
fr
your
generator set or comMo shelter is a real
challenge
in
coLd
weather-but not
impossible.
A
Buddy up with TC
11-6,
Ground±
ing Techniques. It has Lots oF hot inf
on cold²weather grounding.
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IF you use an area in winter as well
as summer, bury a
3±f
square metal
plate below the moisture line. ³ark it,
oF course, so you can hook up tQ it when
the earth is ´ozen and covered With
snow.
Use
an
existing
ground,
like
an
underground buried metal pipe or a
building ground. Never, never Hookup
to a gas or other µel pipe, tho.
Use
existing
grounds
Another way to beat tHe cold is to in¶
stall a cluster oF shorter rods connected
in parallel.
47
Bury a rod horizonta·y¸ This is easier
tHan driving it thRough ¹ozen earth. Be
sure You get the rod below tHe ¹ostº »¼
½t's not, you get a poor ground¾
¿henever
poss½ble,
drive
YouÀ
ground
rod near a Heat sourceº
A
buiÁding or generator set's eXHaust aÀe
botH good.
Since
a
salt
soÂution
iÃproves Ä
gÀound, dissoÁve a pound oÅ tabÁe saÁt
in a gallon oÅ water and Pour ½t around
tHe rod.
Be sure tHe ground strap is ÃaK½ng
good contact witH the coÃÃo geÄr Änd
ground rod.
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