skipr,
The human body has roughly 25 ohm's of resistance
Most studies on this show that the average person has a resistance of 500 to 1000 ohms, not 25.
so current choose's the least resistant path to ground in the event of contacting live parts.
It just doesn't work that way. Current takes all paths and as long a the fault exists, the grounding electrode provides no increase in safety for people. Ground rods and grounding electrodes do not get rid of the voltage, it is there until the fault clears and the grounding electrode system does not play much of a part in the fault clearing process. The big players in that process are the main bonding jumper and the equipment grounding conductors.
I must correct, either by soil treament or driving another rod no more than 6 feet from first.
The code requires that the second rod be at least 6' from the first, and it is most effective when it is spaced twice the length of the rod from the first rod.
Don
