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A Cameroonian Electro-mechanical engineer, Dr. Benz Enow Bate, has invented an earth resistance solution capable of considerably improving the protection of electrical installations.The earth resistance-reducing paste has been named Benz Fill, after its inventor. Benz Fill reduces the earth’s resistance to less than 0.5ohms, a value believed to be very appropriate for conducting excess or faulty current into the soil. This technology, the inventor says, shall greatly reduced electricity related fire hazards. The earth’s resistance is reduced by injecting Benz Fill into the soil surrounding an earth electrode. The Benz-Fill has just been patented by the Organization of African Property Rights as an innovative invention. Dr. Benz Enow Bate says the idea was conceived when he was a student in London. During his laboratory experiments he noticed that a fire accident related to electrical failure could actually be traced back to poor earthing.


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