-NEVER- encase a ground rod in concrete ... especially a tower base. As a retired 2-way radio tech, I'm aware of two towers that had to be re-installed because of lightening strikes exploding their concrete bases.
73! Ken - K0PP On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Matt Zilmer <[email protected]> wrote: > Most house grounds are just a piece of re-bar hammered into the soil, > andthis is done before the foundation is poured around it. Ours is barely > visible except for the big chair clamp that secures the bare #8 wire to it. > I've seen it other ways too, for example in the upper midwest. The ground > we had in Iowa was three copper-plated rods within about one square foot, > all bonded together. Not sure why anyone would do that, but the builder > did the same for all houses in that development. > > 73, > > matt W6NIA > > > On 4/17/2017 2:00 PM, ab2tc wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> This is totally off topic; I apologize. >> >> I just received the new ARRL publication "grounding and bonding for the >> radio amateur". It is very interesting reading. I see that the NEC >> requires >> two ground rods for regular power installations; never mind any antennas. >> I >> swear that when when I moved into this house there were absolutely no >> ground >> rods installed. I just inspected our power pole that supplies our power. I >> could see no wires going in to the ground. So I have no idea where our >> "green wire" came from. >> >> But I have have installed two 8 foot ground rods to ground my antennas and >> they are bonded to the AC entry panel. But what's up with this? I bet my >> neighbors have no ground rods installed either. >> >> Knut - AB2TC >> >> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabb >> le.com/OT-electrical-safety-tp7629429.html >> Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > > -- > "A delay is better than a disaster." > -- unknonwn > > Matt Zilmer, W6NIA > [Shiraz] > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
