Grounding Cement

-covered copper
Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement
r than bare
electrodes last ten times longe
copper ground wires.
...hardens to become part of the grounding
electrode.
lowered significantly.
Surge impedance is also

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Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement

Installation diagrams
Cutaway
Ground
wire

Grounding
cement

Cross section
Replaced
soil

Ground
wire
Grounding
cement

Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement is a fine powder

packaged in 55-lb. bags which provides an
environmentally safe, long-term solution to
many grounding problems. Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement grounding electrodes are easily
installed by spreading the dry powder in a
strip over and around a conductor in a horizontal trench. When the trench is refilled, LoOhm Grounding Cement absorbs moisture
from the surrounding soil and hardens to become part of the grounding electrode. The
surface area of the electrode is thus dramatically increased, and resistance to ground is
substantially reduced. In addition, surge impedance is also lowered significantly.
Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement was developed in the 1970s to aid in the grounding of
electric power transmission lines in moun-

tainous areas where construction is difficult

and soil resistivities tend to be high. Since
then, it has proven effective in a wide variety of other applications, including power
station grids, telecommunication switches,
radio transmission towers, and cathodic protection systems. The consistent performance
of Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement grounding
systems has been confirmed through longterm monitoring of installed electrodes. Independent testing has shown that Lo-Ohm
Grounding Cement is environmentally safe,
and has proven that Lo-Ohm Grounding
Cement-covered copper electrodes last ten
times longer than bare copper ground
wires.

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Over 30-year history!

Features
Reduces resistance to ground.
Lowers surge impedance significantly.
Environmentally safe.
Provides ideal contact with the surrounding soil.
Reduces corrosion in grounding conductors.
Cost-efficient and maintenance-free.

Applications

Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement ground

Building base

Electric transmission and distribution towers.

Power plant grounding grids.
Substation ground systems.
Cathodic protective systems.
Central office switches.
Cellular systems.
Remote digital switches.
Radio transmission towers.

Concrete base

Central office DC power.

Ordering information
M5C-PC Standard packaging: 55 lb. bag.

Lo-Ohm Grounding Cement ground

No minimum order.

Access control

Tower base

Protection

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