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Re: RF ground
Hi Brian
My brother in law work for an electrical contractor and use exactly the same
method.
Luc Benard (montreal)
Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-unistudios-dot-com>
>
> I made a collar for my cheap ($9.95) pneumatic hammer. It fits around the
> bit and into the end of 1/2" hard-copper pipe. With this setup I've been
> able to drive the 1/2" hard-copper pipe into just about anything I could get
> a copper clad steel ground rod into. And the cost is about 1/5.
>
> One trick - Dig a small hole where you want the rod and keep it filled with
> water while hammering. Don't know if it's lubrication, liquefaction or both
> at work but it sure helps...
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 3:26 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: RF ground
>
> Original poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Pholp,
>
> Where I live, there is a rock solid layer of clay and rocks about 4
> feet
> down. I pound the darn thing with a sledge hammer and all my might really
> hard till it gets to the point I have to give up. I then saw off the extra
> rod stiking up and call in good :-))
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
> At 12:23 PM 7/19/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >I got a question for all you people that use pipes (which is probably most
> >of them): I live in Lousiana and it's usually very wet here, but I still
> >don't see how you can hammer like an 8 foot pipe all the way into the
> >ground! Do you just get like a sledge hammer or something?
> >
> >
> >>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> >>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >>Subject: RE: rf ground?
> >>Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:15:11 -0600
> >>
> >>Original poster: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>
> >>
> >>Hi! I didn't remember seeing it, bet here's IMHO :) I use a 8' long 1"
> >>copper pipe hammered into the ground. It works great for me, and pulls
> >>around 90-100v from a 110 line on the multimeter. It dropped to 58v
> during
> >>our drought, but still worked fine for my coil. Using the rods you sunk
> >>may
> >>or may not give better performance. You may need to water them down a bit
> >>1/2 ah hour or so before running it. That may help performance some.
> >> As for using the electrical conduit...*shudder* Yep, that's regarded
> as
> >>a
> >>Bad Thing(tm).That introduces RF into your house ground. Good way to
> >>possibly zap your tv, vcr, microwave, etc. And beware the garage door
> >>opener too. They seem to be a common fatality of garage coiling.
> >> Hope
> it helps!
> >>
> Sundog
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 10:08 AM
> >>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >>Subject: rf ground?
> >>
> >>
> >>Original poster: "John Morawa" <morawaj-at-interaccess-dot-com>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hey everyone,
> >>
> >>I sent this msg out last Friday but never received any answers so I'm
> >>trying
> >>one more time.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Hey folks,
> >>
> >>I havent done any coiling in 10+ years. Back then the largest system i
> had
> >>was powered by a 15/60 NST. At the time i just ran a long piece (15') of
> >>#18 stranded wire from the base of the secondary with the other end
> clamped
> >>to any electrical conduit I could find. It seemed to work fine. I have
> >>been reading some posts in the archives about the secondary being a
> >>different ground. An rf ground. My question is this, was what i did a
> >>BADDDD thing? Also, had i driven multiple pipes into the ground and
> >>interconnected them and used them as my secondary ground would i expect to
> >>get any improvement in discharge length?
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks again,
> >>John M.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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