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SECTION 16000 GROUNDING SYSTEMS
1.00 GENERAL
1.01 DESCRIPTION
A. Grounding systems:
Electrolytic Maintenance Free
2.00 PRODUCTS
A. Grounding System - Components:
Folsom, CA 95630
B. UL Listing File Number E154633.
C. Tube Configuration: Horizontal or Vertical. Length 8' thru 100’.
Custom Lengths available, call JACKSON TELCOM INC.,
(800) 492-0489.
D. Material:
1. Type K Copper pipe with 0.083" thick walls, 2.125" O.D.
2. Non-hazardous metallic salts.
E. Weight: Approximately 3.5 lbs per lineal foot.
F. Ground Wire Termination: Exothermic connection to #2 solid
copper wire.
G. Minimum Life Expectancy: 25 years
3.00 EXECUTION
3.01 INSTALLATION
A. VERTICAL EGS COPPER TUBE:
1. Drill a min. 6" diameter hole to a depth at least 6" greater
than the nominal length of the EGS copper tube (i.e.
EGS-V8 would have a hole that is 8'-6").
2. Remove tape from the bottom breather holes and save for
verification if required.
3. Position the EGS copper tube in the hole so it rest on the
bottom of the hole. Then place 4" to 6" of soil or rock in the
hole so the bottom 4" to 6" of the copper tube is covered.
4. Mix the backfill material with water (4.5 parts water to 1 part
supplied backfill material or 14 gallons of water to a 50 lb.
bag of backfill material).
Mix until mixture reaches a slurry consistency.
5. Use this mixture to fill the hole around the EGS copper
tube.
Do not backfill above the point at which the wire pigtail
attaches to the EGS copper tube. Leave exposed to the air.
6. Place the access box over the top of the EGS copper tube
with the wire pigtail running under the access box to the top
of the ground or connect to other ground wire. Access box
should not contact the top of the EGS copper tube.
7. Remove the top sealing tape after backfilling is complete.
B. HORIZONTAL EGS COPPER TUBE:
1. Excavate a trench with a minimum width of 6" and to a
depth that is 6" or more inches greater than the vertical length
of the EGS copper tube. Slope the trench so that the end of
the copper tube is lower than the elbow end by
approximately 1" to 2".
2. Remove tape from breather holes on the horizontal section
of the tube and save it for verification if required.
3. Place the EGS copper tube in the trench so that the top of
the tube is approximately 6" below the ground level and the
bottom side of the copper tube is resting on the ground. The
end of the tube should be lower than the elbow so that
moisture will run to the end of the copper tube.
4. Mix the backfill material with water (4.5 parts water to 1 part
supplied backfill material or 14 gallons of water to a 50 lb.
bag of backfill material). Mix until mixture reaches a slurry
consistency.
5. Use this mixture to fill the trench around the EGS copper tube.
Do not backfill above the point at which the wire pigtail
attaches to the EGS copper tube. Leave exposed to the air.
Finish backfilling the trench with soil from the trench
excavation or imported soil.
6. Place the access box over the top of the EGS copper tube
with the wire pigtail running under the access box to the top
of the ground or connect to other ground wire. Access box
should not contact the top of the EGS copper tube.
7. Remove the top sealing tape after backfilling is complete.
1.00 GENERAL
1.01 DESCRIPTION
A. Grounding systems:
Electrolytic Maintenance Free
2.00 PRODUCTS
A. Grounding System - Components:
- 1. ELECTROLYTIC GROUNDING SYSTEM (EGS) tube with #2 copper wire
CADWELD (R) (exothermically attached).
2. Plastic protective box.
3. Backfill material.
2.01 LOW-RESISTANCE ELECTROLYTIC GROUNDING SYSTEM:
Folsom, CA 95630
B. UL Listing File Number E154633.
C. Tube Configuration: Horizontal or Vertical. Length 8' thru 100’.
Custom Lengths available, call JACKSON TELCOM INC.,
(800) 492-0489.
D. Material:
1. Type K Copper pipe with 0.083" thick walls, 2.125" O.D.
2. Non-hazardous metallic salts.
E. Weight: Approximately 3.5 lbs per lineal foot.
F. Ground Wire Termination: Exothermic connection to #2 solid
copper wire.
G. Minimum Life Expectancy: 25 years
3.00 EXECUTION
3.01 INSTALLATION
A. VERTICAL EGS COPPER TUBE:
1. Drill a min. 6" diameter hole to a depth at least 6" greater
than the nominal length of the EGS copper tube (i.e.
EGS-V8 would have a hole that is 8'-6").
2. Remove tape from the bottom breather holes and save for
verification if required.
3. Position the EGS copper tube in the hole so it rest on the
bottom of the hole. Then place 4" to 6" of soil or rock in the
hole so the bottom 4" to 6" of the copper tube is covered.
4. Mix the backfill material with water (4.5 parts water to 1 part
supplied backfill material or 14 gallons of water to a 50 lb.
bag of backfill material).
Mix until mixture reaches a slurry consistency.
5. Use this mixture to fill the hole around the EGS copper
tube.
Do not backfill above the point at which the wire pigtail
attaches to the EGS copper tube. Leave exposed to the air.
6. Place the access box over the top of the EGS copper tube
with the wire pigtail running under the access box to the top
of the ground or connect to other ground wire. Access box
should not contact the top of the EGS copper tube.
7. Remove the top sealing tape after backfilling is complete.
B. HORIZONTAL EGS COPPER TUBE:
1. Excavate a trench with a minimum width of 6" and to a
depth that is 6" or more inches greater than the vertical length
of the EGS copper tube. Slope the trench so that the end of
the copper tube is lower than the elbow end by
approximately 1" to 2".
2. Remove tape from breather holes on the horizontal section
of the tube and save it for verification if required.
3. Place the EGS copper tube in the trench so that the top of
the tube is approximately 6" below the ground level and the
bottom side of the copper tube is resting on the ground. The
end of the tube should be lower than the elbow so that
moisture will run to the end of the copper tube.
4. Mix the backfill material with water (4.5 parts water to 1 part
supplied backfill material or 14 gallons of water to a 50 lb.
bag of backfill material). Mix until mixture reaches a slurry
consistency.
5. Use this mixture to fill the trench around the EGS copper tube.
Do not backfill above the point at which the wire pigtail
attaches to the EGS copper tube. Leave exposed to the air.
Finish backfilling the trench with soil from the trench
excavation or imported soil.
6. Place the access box over the top of the EGS copper tube
with the wire pigtail running under the access box to the top
of the ground or connect to other ground wire. Access box
should not contact the top of the EGS copper tube.
7. Remove the top sealing tape after backfilling is complete.
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