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Locating Multiple Ground Faults - The Blue Chip Casino
 

 

Topic - Grounding versus Bonding
Subject - Locating Multiple Ground Faults - The Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, IN

October 10, 2008
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Locating Multiple Ground Faults

The Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City, IN

 

ImageIndiana law states that a casino operation has to take place on a free floating self propelled pleasure craft. A land based operation as in cities like Las Vegas or Atlantic City is prohibited. Boyd gaming had early on discovered that the law can be used to one’s advantage by creating a semi land/water based operation, the so called casino ship. This is however no small undertaking. It requires that a body of water be provided that is capable of supporting a ship with cruiseliner dimensions.

 

Click here to read the summary review from Bender Inc. of the findings and investigative techniques that were used to resolve the grounding problems encountered with this undertaking.

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  • Could be worse. The old fashioned 480 volt ungrounded systems can build a lot of the way in static electricity particularly when the is some amount of overhead wiring. The rate of damage to voltmeters and motors is just so much higher over solidly grounded and resistance grounded that there is no conmparison.

    At one facility where I worked on 480 ungrounded for 3 months the systen toasted 2 of my voltmeters versus maybe 1 voltmeter in 5 years at a solidly grounded facility.

    Michael R. Cole

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