IEEE 81 : 2012

Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Normative references
3. Definitions
4. Test objectives
5. Safety precautions while making ground tests
6. General considerations on the problems related to
    measurement
7. Earth resistivity
8. Ground impedance
9. Testing earth potentials and step and touch voltages
10. Integrity of grounding systems
11. Current splits
12. Transient impedance of grounding system
Annex A (informative) - Nonuniform soils
Annex B (informative) - Determination of an earth model
Annex C (informative) - Theory of the fall-of-potential
                        method
Annex D (informative) - Surface material resistivity
Annex E (informative) - Instrumentation
Annex F (informative) - Bibliography

Abstract

Provides practical instrumentation methods that may be used for measuring soil resistivity, the impedance to remote earth, step and touch voltages, and current distributions in ground grids associated with electric utility facilities.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers
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