Earth rods and buildings

[Jimmyb]

Can steel structure be used as a earth rod ? eg farm building, as this is the only earth they have at the minute

 

[Guest123]

Absolutely, providing all measurements are within acceptable limits..

You'll probably find it's a whole lot better than any electrode you could install anyway.

542.2.3

 

[Engineer54]

As Lenny has stated basically!! But remember farm building are notoriously badly/cheaply built, and if the slab has little to no re-bar reinforcement and the building steelwork is just raw-bolted to the slab, you may be out of luck getting a decent earthing. If after testing, you find the system not up to scratch, then a deep driven rod will need to be installed. Fingers crossed ....lol!!!

 

[johnboy6083]

as above, i suppose its a version of Ufer earthing. meake sure you test it properly, using the fall of potential method. Leny has posted a stick somewhere, with very goodinfo about earth rods, and the testing of them.