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Allowable resistance to ground 1

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dhfrye

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We have two submergable heaters in a concrete cooling tower sump. They are about 7 months old. Our MCC showed a ground fault and investigation show the heater to have 0.33 ohms to ground which is not very much. Is this acceptable? I didn't think any thing but zero would be but can't find a reference.
 
Heater element to ground should be in few megaohms. 0.33ohms is effectively a short to the ground and hence the ground fault. Replace the heater..
 
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