27-06-2019, 10:02 PM
I'm having the shed wired shortly (for electricity) and have been having a conversation with the electrician about earthing, both mains and RF.
I have the obligatory seperate earth stake for RF earth, but the electrician believes this will cause problems both in a regulatory sense and RF interference sense in that the house earth stake is some 20m from the RF one.
He wants to put in a special circuit just for the Ham gear using the round earth pin sockets and not having the earth pin wired.
I can see problems where mains powered test equipment (on a normal circuit) is being used on any gear using this special circuit.
I suggested wiring the shed without the earth from the main switch board, but he is not happy to do that.
Any comments based on practical experience on any of the above?
I have the obligatory seperate earth stake for RF earth, but the electrician believes this will cause problems both in a regulatory sense and RF interference sense in that the house earth stake is some 20m from the RF one.
He wants to put in a special circuit just for the Ham gear using the round earth pin sockets and not having the earth pin wired.
I can see problems where mains powered test equipment (on a normal circuit) is being used on any gear using this special circuit.
I suggested wiring the shed without the earth from the main switch board, but he is not happy to do that.
Any comments based on practical experience on any of the above?
Terry VK5TM
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