Static ground verification system
November 1st 2011 A new truck mounted Static Ground
Verification System from Newson
Gale, the Earth-Rite MGV, enhances
safety during transfer of flammable
or combustible materials.
In cleaning, maintenance or spill
control operations in the
petrochemical industry, vacuum
trucks are often used to collect waste
or contaminated products for
disposal. With the operation taking
place in a hazardous area, the need
to control all types of ignition
sources is paramount, however the
vacuum transfer process of
potentially low conductivity liquids
or highly resistive loose solids can
generate large amounts of static
electricity, meaning that all
equipment, including the truck
should be properly bonded to a
verified earth point (ground).
The new truck mounted Earth-
Rite MGV derives its power source
from the vehicle battery, and uses
certified Intrinsically Safe
monitoring techniques to verify not
only a good bond to a ground point,
but more importantly confirmation
that the ground point to which it is
attached represents a satisfactorily
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