For a lightning ground to be effective, the wire/strap from the equipment
to be protected to the actual ground rod should be less than five feet. The
distance between ground rods should be twice their length. All connections
outside the building should be cad welded. All outside grounds should be a
minimum of #2 copper and inside grounds a minimum of #6 copper. This
information comes from the Motorola R-56 manual for site selection and MIL
HDBK 419. In my previous job I had to investigate grounding issues and I
can attest to these minimum requirements.
If you need additional information on this, contact me at the address on
the header.
73
Glenn
WB4UIV
At 01:07 AM 06/15/04, you wrote:
>I am getting ready to install a ground system in my house. This is to support
>my radio equipment for HF and V/UHF.
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>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.
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>Anyone have any better ideas or suggestions? Anyone have any experience using
>cadwelding to bond ground strap to a ground rod?
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>thanks
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