Hi Don, That is the plan... I just want to add one more, as I have one, the weather is not bad, I need the exercise, and a bit better ground can't hurt.
Thanks for the heads up on making sure it is tied to teh house ground. Our ground is getting close to 20 years old, so I am pretty sure it is not that good anymore... My intent is to just add on to the existing electrical system ground, then tie it to my shack ground, which is only about 10 feet away... I have a pile of #6 wire here, I will be using for this. -- Thanks and 73's, For equipment, and software setups and reviews see: www.nk7z.net for MixW support see; http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/mixw/info for Dopplergram information see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dopplergram/info for MM-SSTV see: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MM-SSTV/info On Wed, 2014-04-16 at 21:37 -0400, Don Wilhelm wrote: > David, > > If you add ground rods, know that all ground rods should be tied back to > the Utility ground rod by a large conductor (#6 wire is the minimum > size). That is not only a requirement of NEC safety rules, but also a > safety consideration for your station. All driven ground rods must be > connected together unless the separation between the ground rods is 100 > feet or more. > > My own installation has grounds that are as much as 200 feet from the > Utility Ground rod, but there are intermediate grounds that are less > than 100 feet, so *all* are interconnected by large diameter > conductors. This is primarily a consideration for AC fault conditions, > but also part of my plan for lightning protection - perimeter wires > around each building and all grounds interconnected with #6 or greater > wire to give the charge from a lightning surge a large area to dissipate > (hopefully without damage such as punching holes through the house > foundation). All towers and masts are grounded to this system. > > Your home safety demands that you tie all grounds together and tie into > the utility ground system. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > > On 4/16/2014 9:13 PM, David Cole wrote: > > Hi Don, > > > > Thank you for that info, I have powered everything, (except for the > > amp), off a single largish UPS, that way the grounds are the same, and I > > get a few minutes to kill power of the commercial power dies... > > > > I will be adding a new ground rod to the house ground system, and > > bonding that to the station ground later this week. > > > > Thanks again for the info on grounds. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
