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Re: DRSSTC RF Ground



Original poster: "marc" <xp88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Jim.

Unfortunately, with the stony (slate-like) soil up hear in NW New Jersey,
I'll be lucky to pound the rod in two or three feet, let alone 8'  !!!
But.. with a little internet research, I now know what a counterpois is!

Thanks much..

Marc


> [Original Message] > From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 8/15/2005 3:12:12 PM > Subject: Re: DRSSTC RF Ground > > Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > At 03:47 PM 8/8/2005, you wrote: > >Original poster: "marc" <xp88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Thanks Robert H! I'm going to take your (and Terry's) advice. Home depot > >sells a nice copper grounding rod 8' long... enough for two! (about > >$13.00). Bring a hack-saw if you want to fit it in a small car. I'm going > >to connect it with #4-0, 2000 strand flexi welding cable. > > > >Thanks much, Marc > > > Except that if you saw that 8' rod in half you've more than halved > your grounding capability. > > Figure you've got a foot before the rod actually hits the dirt > (clamp, slab thickness, underlayment, etc.), so now you'd only have 3 > feet into the ground. Better than nothing, but still pretty poor. > > On the other hand, at least you could put them pretty close > together. You generally want to space rods by twice their (buried) length. > > > > >