Its not though none of the tanks I have seen that has never had any com
gear has a good ground.
If its a cylinder tank and not a ball tower most of those are sitting on
reinforced slabs that do not have any grounding and the
pipes are coated with industrial environmental paint which makes for a
good insulator.
Unless you see a huge ground lug connected to EARTH GROUND of the
MAINS I would not depend or assume a good ground :)
On 09/28/2015 09:35 AM, Jay Weekley wrote:
My assumption has always been that the tank would be fairly well
grounded due to all the steel pipes in the ground leading to and from
it but that would be a great question for the experts.
Josh Baird wrote:
We are going to be installing on several water tanks that do not have
any other carriers on them. I'm assuming there is probably not a
ground ring or system in place at these sites. The electrical
service is likely grounded independently using a ground rod at the pole.
These sites will have batteries and a charger at the bottom and
fiber/DC up the tower. Admittingly, I'm fairly (ok, very) stupid when
it comes to grounding systems. I understand that everything *should*
be bonded together. However, if the tank it's self doesn't have a
sufficient grounding system already in place, what is the best
strategy here?
Thanks,
Josh
