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Earth Electrode Concern.

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I was working in a large back garden today. The garden shed was connected to an old caravan supply (caravan gone) and the underground S.W.A. cable from the house had been  converted to TT earthing originally for the caravan and now for the shed sockets and lighting. As an earth electrode somebody had used a length of  10mm galvanised threaded rod (studding). What are your views about its suitability please?


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    I was concerned about the threading of the rod. Will it impact on good rod to soil contact not being a smooth surface? When driven into the ground it will need soil particles to move back to fill the gaps (troughs) in the threads as the peaks of the thread will initially make a cylindrical hole.


    I installed a new rod anyway just to ensure reliability, but the question of a threaded rod was on my mind.


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    I was concerned about the threading of the rod. Will it impact on good rod to soil contact not being a smooth surface? When driven into the ground it will need soil particles to move back to fill the gaps (troughs) in the threads as the peaks of the thread will initially make a cylindrical hole.


    I installed a new rod anyway just to ensure reliability, but the question of a threaded rod was on my mind.


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