Re: [TCML] Using tree as RF ground

[Colin Heath <cohe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Your best bet Is to sink a plate in the ground or to drive 6 or 8 shorter posts into ground then parallel then up.

Cheers

Colin

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On 25 Sep 2012, at 02:55, Neon Tesla <neontesla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It all depends on how wet the tree is and how big your coil is,
> with a four inch coil i've done some bad things to dry wood,
> but the idea is good, you might even try to pound the ground
> down the tap root, but pick a tree you don't like, copper and
> lightning have a bad track record with living things! ; )
> 
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Dave Leddon <dave@xxxxxxxxxx> 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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