Earthing a mobile lighting rig

[Bobster]

Eng 54 - the company wouldn't spend money on an earth mat as suggested before. The drilling rigs moving round for Friday .

 

[Engineer54]

Eng 54 - the company wouldn't spend money on an earth mat as suggested before. The drilling rigs moving round for Friday .

Errr!! One/single earth rod position does not constitute an earth mat, not under any stretch of the imagination.. lol!!!

 

[Bobster]

Think there's been a miss understanding.

The company wouldn't fund an earth mat. Not for something so temporary.

Im going to instead put two earth rods in as per Tony's suggestion. Test and see if there suitable.

 

[Knobhead]

How far away is the 3.3KV header main? You could earth to that if the cable can be protected.

 

[Engineer54]

Think there's been a miss understanding.

The company wouldn't fund an earth mat. Not for something so temporary.

Im going to instead put two earth rods in as per Tony's suggestion. Test and see if there suitable.

Errr.... isn't that what was suggested to you in the first place?? Who has mentioned anything about Earth Mats?? Your not going to bang earth rods into limestone, it's going to need drilling mate, which was also suggested to you early on in this thread!!! And if drilled and installed with a soil conditioner (say Bentonite), the rods are fully retrievable after use, you just pull them up out of the bore holes!!!

 

[Bobster]

Post 6 an earth mat was suggested and I said the post after I couldn't do that.

Im not sure where you got that I dismissed Tony's idea at all? I knew I couldn't just drive earth rods into limestone hence the thread.

 

[Engineer54]

Eng 54 - the company wouldn't spend money on an earth mat as suggested before. The drilling rigs moving round for Friday .

Sorry, i was meaning that i hadn't mentioned anything about an earth mat!! lol!!

 

[Bobster]

No worries think we had a wire crossed.