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    Advice Wanted - VERY High Earth Resistance Problem

    Stima, the main reasons for the extra earth rods were to fix the ends of the tape to them, mainly for testing, I just wanted to have each end of the triangle that I have made a testable point, just for my own peace of mind, the highest vale tested was what I recorded nearest the property anyway...
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    Advice Wanted - VERY High Earth Resistance Problem

    Managed to get it down to 112 Ohms, after paying out a small fortune, 3 earth rods later all connected with flat copper tape (25mm x 3mm x 25m) dug into the ground about 12” deep, couldn’t get any deeper due to roots and rock. Thanks guys for the advice
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    Advice Wanted - VERY High Earth Resistance Problem

    They kind of live in the middle of woodland, on a hill that seems to be basically baserock with a light covering off soil and roots, all looks lovely but a real pain at the moment, I have not tried Tape yet, I was kind of hoping that this would be a simple fix somewhere along the line, Will have...
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    Advice Wanted - VERY High Earth Resistance Problem

    Earth Rods are being hit in to their entire length, approx 1m deep, cannot get much deeper as we are hitting bedrook, have tested using |KEW-5105A and then tried removing the earth rood and testing again 1 meter further away from the property and so on, but cannot get the reading to get any...
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    Advice Wanted - VERY High Earth Resistance Problem

    Hi, Yes trying to test 'Ra', Here on the Isle of Man most of the Island is TT based Earthing.
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    Advice Wanted - VERY High Earth Resistance Problem

    I have been doing some tests around our property here and I cannot get the earth resistance test to get anywhere lower than 1.86k, even started tested now up to 30 meters away from the property and still cannot get any lower readings. Any advice would be greatful. Kind Regards James

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