Rid-Volt Grounding Pole

[titus]

Hello,

Okay I'm going to pitch in my long uncasted doubt on this equipment here.

Imagine 1
A squirrel is running on a power line fine and dandy [img]images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
Imagine 2
A squirrel has its hands touching the top wire (live) and its feet touching the middle wire (neutral) [img]images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
Get where I'm getting at?

If any equipment in the tank fails and expose the live components to the tank water, then the tank water would become live and float at whatever voltage=120*sin(wt+theta) is, as long as the tank water isn't grounded anywhere else.

If buddy comes along and place a ground probe in, then the circuit is completed and the GFCI (if there's one) and the circuit breaker will trip. However, at the instant just right before the circuit is tripped, there's a large amount of current flowing through that saltwater body and anything in its path.

This is what I think. Correct me if I'm wrong. Darren and Victor. Help.