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Appendix, A. Stakeless Earth/Ground Resistance Testing, Introduction
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Stakeless Earth/Ground Resistance Testing Care and Maintenance Appendix A Stakeless Earth/Ground Resistance Testing Introduction Stakeless testing provides the ground tester with the unique capability to measure individual ground resistances in multi-grounded systems using two clampon current transformers. The use of ground stakes is not necessary. Before this method was available, users were required to disconnect an individual ground path to be tested from other grounds to eliminate the influence of parallel ground paths. This was time consuming at the minimum and in many cases dangerous. Once disconnected, the standard 3-pole/terminal ground testing method was used which requires auxiliary earth stakes. In addition to consuming additional time, finding suitable locations for the ground stakes can be difficult and in some cases, impossible. The "stakeless" method of ground resistance testing eliminates these problems and ideally complements the ground testers' standard testing methods. 63