Don't think your electrician would've installed earth rods if you were on a PME earthing system, as far as I understand TT v PME. Although a generalisation, I'm told that rural and old(er) properties had TT (local earthing) whereas most recent builds since, e.g. around the 60s, have PME (back to the grid, as it were). Happy to be corrected on this, though.
No, Mike, I think you're probably right. We live in a 19th century property, so very little that's 'fancy new & shiny' applies, lol!
Your resume of your installation and sonic findings was interesting, though 6 x e/rods? Wow! I've only got one !
Matter of interest, how are your hifi radials connected internally for connection to your kit?
Not only that, the rods were installed *horizontally*, to maximise contact surface area, then the whole shebang was covered in conductive concrete, in order to maintain maximum conductivity and performance of the earth.. Fortunately, I have an understanding wife and a big garden!
You could've buried a body in there, lol.. Took a while for the grass to grow back properly, too!!
But you know me of old, in for a penny, in for a pound..
As for how the kit's connected, these days (after having it redone), banks of un-switched single MK sockets behind the system (one would really only need one socket, with a mains block.
However, you never know when others might come in handy. The first socket is connected to the incoming mains from the dedicated CU and powers a six-way (modified/upgraded) Mark Grant mains distribution block, sat on a shelf and supported by Nordost Pulsar Points, which my kit plugs into via mostly bespoke-made power cables.
I deduced, after much experimenting, that the system sounds better with its power cables plugged into a mains block, which is decoupled from both the wall and floor, than plugged straight into the wall using individual sockets. Of course, hardwiring would be better still, but safety would be compromised.
Marco.
