Deep Earth Grounding

The Enseva facility in Hiawatha has a state of the art deep earth grounding system. This deep earth ground meets the IEEE 142 standard of less than 5 ohms to earth.

This deep earth ground performs the following:

• Limits voltage in a electrical distribution system to definite fixed values
• Limits voltage to within insulation ratings
• Provides a more stable system with a minimum of transient over voltage and electrical noise
• Provides a path to ground in fault conditions for quick isolation of equipment with operation of ground fault protection
• Provides grounding of all conductive enclosures that may be touched by personnel, thereby eliminating shock hazards
• Reduces static electricity that may be generated within facilities
• Provides protection from large electrical disturbances (such as lightning) by creating a low resistive path to earth