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II Part-8/Section-II
MPPTCL/TECH/PROC/10/JULY13 375 Testing Equipments

SECTION II (F)
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION FOR EARTH TESTER

1.0 The Earth Tester shall allow measurement of Earth Resistances (three pole) and Ground
Resistivity by the Wenners (four pole) method, It shall have a built-in voltmeter that shall
enable measurement of spurious voltages of the soil, caused by surface leakage currents. The
Earth Tester shall be suitable for measurements of earth resistances of lightning-conductors,
substations yard etc. The internal generator of Earth Tester shall inject alternated current on the
soil through an auxiliary rod. The voltage generated over the earth resistance shall be
measured by the Tester. Results shall be shown in a digital display with up to 3 digits
resolution. The test current shall be automatically regulated. A sharp and intermittent audible
signal shall be provided to indicate anomalies in the circuit if, for any reason, the current is
lower than the value required to perform the measurement, the alarm circuit that produces the
intermittent beep, shall be activated.
2.0 BASIC FEATURES
The earth tester shall be of the four pole type for measuring earth electrode resistance
and soil receptivity. It shall be of the battery operated digital type. Hand-crank type shall not be
accepted.
The equipment shall be of rugged construction, suitable for field use and complete with
04 Nos. ground probes, necessary length of test leads, terminal shorting bars and robust carrying
case. (Length of test leads shall be sufficient to carry out the tests according to BS 7430).
The equipment shall be powered by an Internal re-chargeable battery, charged by built in
battery charging unit. The battery charging unit shall be suitable for operation on 230 V/ 50HZ AC
supply.

3.0 TECHNICAL PARTICULARS:

DIGITAL AND AUTOMATIC
3 DIGITS DISPLAY
GROUND RESISTIVITY (WENNERS METHOD)
SPURIOUS VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT
HIGH SPURIOUS VOLTAGE REJECTION
UP TO 20 K RESISTANCE RANGE
RESISTANCE RANGE : 0 to 2 ohm
RESOLUTION : 0.01
ACCURACY : Earth resistance measuring : 2% of reading 1% of full scale
POWER SUPPLY : Built-in rechargeable battery
WEIGHT : Equipment: 2 kg
BATTERY STATUS CHECK : Push-button to measure the batteries charge status.
TEMPERATURE : Working / Storage 0 to + 50C
HUMIDITY : Up to 95% RH, non condensing
4.0 ACCESSORIES TO BE SUPPLIED WITH EARTH TESTER

I. steel rods, copper, 45cm long.
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II. 4 rod extractors and wind-up handle.
III. Battery charger.
IV. Complete test leads set, containing 4 test cables
V. Users manual and CD.

5.0 TRAINING: Subsequent to delivery of DCRM Set, demonstration & Training for 1 to 2 days
period to a batch of our engineers shall be provided by the supplier on free of cost basis for
each Equipment supplied by the supplier. The training shall cover operation, evaluation/analysis
of test results and general trouble shooting about the equipment.

6.0 Any other item or accessories ,which are essentially required for satisfactory operation
of equipment & for meeting requirements of this specification shall be deemed to be within
scope of the tenderer irrespective of whether these are specifically indicated here or not.










































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DETAILS OF EQUIPMENTS & QUANTITY FOR EARTH TESTER

NOTE : The prices against the specification should be Offered exactly as
mentioned in the following table.














































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