This grounding stick set is a portable short circuit earthing kit for isolated conductors, with insulated clamp rods joined by stranded copper leads to an aluminium earth clamp, offered as 0.4kV, 10kV and 35kV kits. The 10kV kit has three 0.5 m rods on 25 mm² leads, the 35kV kit three 1.5 m rods on 25 mm² leads, and the 0.4kV kit four 0.5 m rods on 16 mm² leads.
Features and Benefits
- Flat mouth screw clamps - die cast wrought aluminium heads tighten onto busbars and conductors as you turn the insulated rod
- Epoxy resin rods - yellow insulating shafts with a red limit ring and an anti slip rubber handle with an insulating skirt
- Oxygen free copper leads - finely stranded copper for low resistance and high current, in a transparent PVC sleeve that resists cold and cracking
- Sealed terminations - double hole red copper lugs and a copper crimp tube, each sealed with transparent heat shrink
- Aluminium earth clamp - T handle screw clamp with a 35 mm opening, 120 mm high and 85 mm wide
- Canvas carry bag - army green bag keeps the rods, leads and clamp together between jobs
Applications
- Substation maintenance and fault repair
- Power station repair work
- Distribution rooms
- Power network emergency repair after isolation
Note: For trained, authorised personnel only. Disconnect and isolate the supply and prove it dead with a suitably rated detector before applying earths. Connect the earth clamp first and remove it last, and confirm zero volts with a rated tester before touching any conductor.
Rated voltage: 0.4kV, 10kV or 35kV (choose kit). Clamp rods: 4 x 0.5 m (0.4kV), 3 x 0.5 m (10kV), 3 x 1.5 m (35kV). Copper lead size: 16 mm² (0.4kV), 25 mm² (10kV and 35kV). Branch leads: 4 x 1 m (0.4kV), 3 x 1 m (10kV), 3 x 2 m (35kV). Tail lead to earth clamp: 3 m (0.4kV), 2 m (10kV), 8 m (35kV). Line clamp: Flat mouth screw clamp, die cast wrought aluminium. Earth clamp: Wrought aluminium screw clamp with T handle, 35 mm opening. Rod: Epoxy resin shaft, red limit ring, insulated rubber handle. Conductor: Oxygen free stranded copper in a transparent PVC sleeve. In the box: Clamp rods, 1 copper lead set, 1 earth clamp, 1 canvas bag. Earth clamp size: 120 mm high x 85 mm wide. Operating head length: 105 mm (listing dimension drawing). Rod shaft diameter: 30 mm (listing dimension drawing). Lead lugs: Double hole red copper lugs, sealed with heat shrink. Lead joint: Copper crimp tube, crimped from both sides, heat shrink sleeved. Rod colour: Yellow with red limit ring. Bag: Army green canvas with carry handles. Q: What is a grounding stick used for? A: A grounding stick clamps a temporary earth onto an isolated conductor so it stays shorted and earthed while you work. This kit is listed for power network, power station and substation repair work.. Q: Which kit do I need for a 10kV system? A: The 10kV kit: three 0.5 m clamp rods, a 25 mm² copper lead set with three 1 m branches and a 2 m tail, an aluminium earth clamp and a canvas bag.. Q: How do the clamps fix to the conductor? A: Each rod ends in a flat mouth screw clamp of die cast aluminium. Place it over the conductor and turn the rod to tighten it.. Q: How many clamp rods are in each kit? A: The 0.4kV kit has four rods with four 1 m branches of 16 mm² copper and a 3 m tail. The 10kV and 35kV kits have three rods on 25 mm² copper.. Q: What size is the earth clamp? A: It is a wrought aluminium screw clamp with a T handle, 120 mm high and 85 mm wide, with a 35 mm opening..