[Elecraft] Grounds... I know, I know... its a Dead issue BUT... (no Pun)

[Roger D Johnson]

On 4/6/2011 11:44 AM, Phil Townsend wrote:
> I really hate to bring it up again... But hear me out:
>
> My A/C service entrance does not have a ground rod.
> My house was built about 25 years ago.'
> I pulled the service front panel and found the following:
> All the grounds and neutrals are bonded to the metal chassis as they are supposed to be.
> But there is no wire for a connection to a ground ROD!
> It looks like they used a solid metal pipe that houses the big A/C wire inside of this pipe.
> This pipe IS connected to the service entrance by some metal gland nuts.
> The 2 1/2" pipe goes outside of the house and is buried underground. It goes off to a transformer that is about 100 yards away.
> So my question:
> IS this pipe MY Ground rod?
>
>
Phil....

There is only one way to be sure....measure the resistance of the pipe to 
ground. There are
several ways to do this. Do a Google search. Perhaps your electric company will 
come out
and do it for you.

73, Roger