Hi John, I know a lot of people out there will find all good reasons to disagree with what I am about to say, but take a poll and see how it comes up. I have seen plenty of damage done in my days of commuincations, and the best damage done was the one with the most grounds. They say you can never have to much grounds, but if you put food out for the stray dog, it's gonna come eat. Make an earth ground for the radios for discharge purposes, but over kill will kill you. Knock on wood, I have not been hit in 30 yrs of radio playing, but I have had a lot of friends who have. To the extent that one had his entire antenna system melted and shattered off his tower, with 3 big ground rods, tied to hi home electrical system. He feels bad, reason, he worked 40 yrs as an electrical engineer.
Good Luck. Mathew ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOHN MACKEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 10:07 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] grounds & cadwelding > I am getting ready to install a ground system in my house. This is to support > my radio equipment for HF and V/UHF. > > My plan was to use copper 6" strap running from my bench about 8 feet to two > ground rods outside, each about 8 feet apart. I then wanted to cadweld the > copper strap to the ground rods. Inside, I am going to connect the ground > strap to a ground cable running to the breaker box. > > Anyone have any better ideas or suggestions? Anyone have any experience using > cadwelding to bond ground strap to a ground rod? > > thanks > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Repeater-Builder/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
