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<blockquote data-quote="Brad" data-source="post: 554908" data-attributes="member: 37912"><p>I’ve been round to test a food cabin/ cafe for a friend taking it on. It’s only a few lights and sockets and it’s running off a portable generator. There was no separate earth so I suggested an earth rod and the owners put in 2 and they’ve been linked together and back to the board in the cabin. My problem is I can’t get an earth loop reading at all and my tester is only reading 100 Volts between live and earth. Do I need to put more rods in because it’s not the best ground? Or is it something to do with the generator, because I can’t get a reading if I plug directly into the generator. Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad, post: 554908, member: 37912"] I’ve been round to test a food cabin/ cafe for a friend taking it on. It’s only a few lights and sockets and it’s running off a portable generator. There was no separate earth so I suggested an earth rod and the owners put in 2 and they’ve been linked together and back to the board in the cabin. My problem is I can’t get an earth loop reading at all and my tester is only reading 100 Volts between live and earth. Do I need to put more rods in because it’s not the best ground? Or is it something to do with the generator, because I can’t get a reading if I plug directly into the generator. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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