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Farmstead Grounding |
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What does grounding looks like at a farmstead? |
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Each of the farmstead structures may include a code-required outdoor grounding electrode. The structures themselves may act as grounding electrodes if they are made up of conductive elements such as structural steel. To simplify the answer, we focus on conventional electrodes around the farmstead—ground rods and pipes. A similar and perhaps even more complex system of grounding electrodes may exist inside the buildings themselves (e.g. stanchion pipes, stall dividers, indoor plumbing, etc.).
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Some grounding electrodes, although unintentional, play a large role in the grounding quality at a farmstead. These include metallic water pipes and the water well, which often incorporates a metallic casing reaching to the ground water deep in the earth.
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