Electrical grounding systems
AssigneeGroundLinx Technologies, LLC
InventorsThomas Evan LaBarge, Gordon Wysong, John H. Belk
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Abstract
An electrical grounding system can include an electrically conductive column configured for communication with a fault current source, wherein the electrically conductive column can include an open-ended copper tube, and carbon fiber fabric assembled onto at least a portion of the electrically conductive column, the carbon fiber fabric having a conductive relationship with at least a portion of the electrically conductive column.
Claims15
An electrical grounding system, comprising:
- a. an electrically conductive column configured for communication with a fault current source;
- b. an electrically conductive layer in conductive relationship with at least a portion of the electrically conductive column;
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- c. c. an electrolytic fill comprising a material configured to conduct at least a portion of any fault current through the electrically conductive column and the electrically conductive layer.
A method of installing an electrical grounding system at a site, comprising the steps of:
- a. inserting a hollow electrode into a hole formed into native soil at the site, the hollow electrode comprising:
- i. an electrically conductive column configured for communication with a fault current source;
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- ii. an electrically conductive layer in conductive relationship with at least a portion of the electrically conductive column;
- b. positioning the hollow electrode in the hole circumferentially around a ground member driven into native soil at a bottom of the hole;
- c. depositing electrolytic fill in the hole, the electrolytic fill comprising a material configured to conduct at least a portion of any fault current received by the ground member radially through the ground member, the electrolytic fill, and the electrically conductive layer;
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- d. electrically interconnecting the ground member and the hollow electrode.
A method of installing an electrical grounding system at a site, comprising the steps of:
- a. depositing electrolytic fill onto an exposed surface of native soil at the site;
- b. placing a hollow electrode horizontally on top of the electrolytic fill deposited onto the exposed surface of the native soil at the site, the hollow electrode comprising:
- i. an electrically conductive column configured for communication with a fault current source;
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- ii. an electrically conductive layer in conductive relationship with at least a portion of the electrically conductive column;
- c. depositing electrolytic fill into the hollow electrode;
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- d. electrically interconnecting a fault source and the hollow electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.