On Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:24:55 -0800 (PST), NancyD.LMT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>The two bottom strands are disconnected from the charger and grounded
>to a 6' rod in the earth. But Louise leans on all three strands at
>once and doesn't appear to get so much as a tingle. My question is,
>should I link the non-electric strands all the way back to the 3-rod
>ground, and back to the box? Or do I jsut do 3-rod ground-to-box, and
>un-electrified lower tape strands to earth?
>
>Nancy DeMarco (electrical anti-savant)
>Mason, NH
In a sandy soil, you do well to provide a hot connection to one or
more tapes, and a cold (return) connection to one or more tapes.
Hot and Cold should both end at the charger. In this situation,
the actual ground spikes offer a hot to (sandy) dirt path as well ,
which doesn't seem to be working for you.
To summarize: running a tape from the hot side of the charger, and
another tape to the cold (return side of the charger - offers a shock
between the two tapes, no matter what. To THIS setup, adding some
ground spikes connected to the cold tape and the cold side of the
charger can help a little more with a path from the hot tape to the
somewhat conductive dirt.
Brian W
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