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	Podcast:		Stuff Electricians Should Know!
	Episode:		What is a Ufer ground?
	Category:		Education
	Duration:		00:03:37
	Publish Date:		2016-07-21 04:30:00
	Description:		A “Ufer” ground is basically slang for what’s known in the National Electrical Code (NEC) as a “concrete-encased grounding electrode”. The term “Ufer” does not appear in the NEC, but it’s a widely used term in the industry. Ufer is actually the name of the engineer who created it as a solution for the U.S. military when they discovered they had significant grounding problems. Herbert G. Ufer was a vice president and engineer at Underwriters Laboratories and assisted the U.S. military with ground-resistance problems at installations in Arizona. His findings in the 1940s proved the effectiveness of concrete-encased grounding electrodes.
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