The year 2020 provided me with the unique opportunity and the time to produce a series of videos on topics that you told me were of interest to you. I recorded them from my house, and livestreamed them over the course of several months. There were a lot of you that might not have been able to tune in, and others who did, but would enjoy the chance to see them again. We'll be sending them out monthly in a newsletter series. Enjoy and feel free to share!
 For decades misguided electrical professionals have been specifying and installing ground rods at metal light poles thinking they are making the world “safer” and protecting the metal poles from lighting strikes. Despite this fact, metal light poles injure or kill people, and lighting strikes take out lights poles that have ground rods connected to them.
These events leave many in the industry with questions such as; Does a ground rod make a metal light pole safe? Does it need an equipment grounding conductor if it has a ground rod? Does a ground rod install at a metal light pole protect it from a lightning strike? These are common questions surrounded by myths in the electrical trade. Because people forget or don’t know electrical theory, ground rods are specified and installed to increase safety when, in fact, they may be creating an even greater hazard if there is a fault in the wiring.
Join Mike as he demystifies this concept and answers your question about ground rods at light poles!
Click here or on the image to watch the video [25min:08sec]. |
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