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Re: [TCML] Using tree as RF ground



If you have about 2 feet of dirt, pound the ground rod in at an angle to get 8 feet in the ground with only a 2 foot depth.

Skip

At 12:40 PM 9/24/2012, you wrote:
Hi all,
I have recently moved to a new house which, as near as I can tell, sits on top of a granite hill. I've tried pounding in an eight-foot ground rod at various locations only to hit impenetrable soil at a depth of about one to two feet. The property has numerous large pine trees with diameters ranging up to 4 feet and it occurred to me that such a tree might make a great RF ground by driving a spike into the trunk near the base. Does anybody have experience using trees for grounding Tesla Coils and is there any likelihood that the current could damage the tree?
Dave

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