...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert Harmon
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 5:08 PM
To: Phil Townsend
Cc: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounds... I know, I know... its a Dead issue BUT...
(no Pun)
Phil,
My house is about the same vintage. I had the same situation, no ground rod
I was confused when I couldn't find a rod outside but later found one inside
the house through the concrete slab. It's a UFER ground.
Might want to look inside.
Jim ab3cv
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Hi Ron,
My favorite is my elder son's first house, an elegant small 1920's
dwelling that still had a lot of vintage wiring, which would exhibit
strange lamp intensity changes. The short version of the story is that
it used the iron natural gas line as ground, and that was connected
from the main
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[mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Clyde Washburn
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:07 AM
To: 'Phil Townsend'; 'Elecraft Reflector'
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Grounds... I know,I know... its a Dead issue BUT...
(no Pun)
According to the NEC a buried pipe
I really hate to bring it up again... But hear me out:
My A/C service entrance does not have a ground rod.
My house was built about 25 years ago.'
I pulled the service front panel and found the following:
All the grounds and neutrals are bonded to the metal chassis as they are
supposed to be.
Looks like a code violation. Turn yourself in!
Steve
N4LQ
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From: Phil Townsend phi...@mac.com
To: Elecraft Reflector elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 11:44 AM
Subject: [Elecraft] Grounds... I know,I know... its a Dead issue BUT... (no
Pun)
I
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: [Elecraft] Grounds... I know, I know... its a Dead issue BUT... (no
Pun)
I really hate to bring it up again... But hear me out:
My A/C service entrance does not have a ground rod.
My house was built about 25 years ago.'
I pulled the service front panel and found
On 4/6/2011 8:44 AM, Phil Townsend wrote:
It looks like they used a solid metal pipe that houses the big A/C wire
inside of this pipe.
This pipe IS connected to the service entrance by some metal gland nuts.
The 2 1/2 pipe goes outside of the house and is buried underground. It goes
off to
On Wed, 6 Apr 2011 12:07:03 -0400
Clyde Washburn k...@rochester.rr.com wrote:
According to the NEC a buried pipe with corrosion protection over 8ft
long is an acceptable grounding electrode, with a listed hierarchy of
preference for different types of pipes. Metallic water pipes are
1st on
On 4/6/2011 11:44 AM, Phil Townsend wrote:
I really hate to bring it up again... But hear me out:
My A/C service entrance does not have a ground rod.
My house was built about 25 years ago.'
I pulled the service front panel and found the following:
All the grounds and neutrals are bonded to
Phil,
My house is about the same vintage. I had the same situation, no ground rod at
the service entrance.
I put in a ground rod myself. It may or may not have had an adequate ground
before but I figured putting in
a redundant ground with the ground rod would be a good idea, plus it brings
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