It has been brought up about the issue of solidering the joints. It is better to install your ground system in a professional manner. Should something happen and you do take a strike and some one or their equipmet is injured or damaged then the cost savings are not worth the liability. Just a thought if using copper pipe was an acceptabe way of grounding at a site would you not think that the professionals would be doing it as they are always looking to save a buck. Also the copper thiefs are going to love you for making it so easy to steal and sell since they will not have to remove the insulation from the copper to get the best price.
Stan Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2010, at 11:18 AM, "David Jordan" <[email protected]> wrote: Strap meaning solid copper, not copper or silver tinned braid. However, one might argue that the copper tubing has an equal amount of surface area and is more robust than the thin copper strap being sold.. if you fold 3” wide copper strap into a piece of tubing you get a ¾” OD tube. So, does the inside surface count? If not then the strap is the clear winner with double the surface area. What a hoot, Dave Wa3gin From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary Schafer Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Copper pipe rather than 2/0 copper wire Copper strap is better as you get the benefit of both sides of the copper. 73 Gary K4FMX
