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Re: Verify Ground Connection
If I could not see the connection of the ground rod, I always wrote up to have the electrical contractor verify proper grounding while on-site doing other repairs (and I cannot think of one single house which did not need an electrical contractor to come out and make other repairs - thus, if you are worried about the cost factor, and we HIs should not worry about that), there is none ... UNLESS ... they have to dig and dig and dig and dig and then still don't find (or do eventually find) the ground rod connection - either way, though, it is worth it to your client to have that dug up, exposed, and checked. Even then, though, the cost is only around $50 ... because they are "already on-site" doing other repairs.
I've had electricians dig along the grounding electrode conductor for quite a ways before finding it loose at or from the ground rod, or cut off underground.
Just because you can't pull it out does not mean it is connected to anything.
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