grounding a well pump

does anyone know how to ground a new well pump in a new well in order to
ensure no emf issues?

thanks!
Jill



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One potential issue is that the ground is so effective you attract
currents from everywhere.

Here's an excerpt of something Bruce McCreary wrote.

In the case of Wye systems, it is important to avoid metal water lines in
> the ground, avoid metal cased wells and to not ground your well (use an
> industrial GFI unit). In the Wye system, every connection to the earth is
> another source of ground current. A fully steel cased well, grounded, is
> such a good (low resistance) earth connection that in many cases, a very
> rural setting may have as much stray ground current as a more suburban one.
> Only by using a meter sensitive enough to "see" these low level magnetic
> fields can you tell if a situation is good or bad.
>

Most of the US is on Wye, except a lot of California. If you want more
advice on using a
GFI instead of grounding, I'll see if Bruce has any specifics he can add.

Whether this is important may depend on how sensitive you are and how many
milligauss
are already around there.

Bill


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The pump itself is grounded by being in the water,
which is of course grounded. Your contractor will
ground the wires as is required by law. Being a new
well, the installation will most likely be inspected -
and the ground will be the first item that the
inspector looks at. The well casing is grounded, being
in the ground about 19ft or so.
If you have a three wire pump, insure that the start
box is perfectly grounded, as also the feed
electricity. Of course ground all componants beyond
requirements so if the main ground is lost (by
accident), you will still have ground.

This group didn't take hold of this when I mentioned
it earlier, but a piece of organite in your breaker
box will subdue many wayward freqs. You can put
another piece by the well casing.
Water can take your blessings (and your enemey's
curses) so bless your water and thank it. This may be
a stretch for you and/or this group, but there's
plenty or experiences behind my saying this.
And bless your land, and thank it. Harold


--- [hidden email] wrote:

> does anyone know how to ground a new well pump in a
> new well in order to ensure no emf issues?
> > thanks! > Jill


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