Grounding Rod Troubles

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• Subject: Grounding Rod Troubles
• From: Adam <psycho-at-tradewind-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 22:50:00 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Today I tried to drive a 5/8" by 8' bonded copper ground rod into the
ground.  I tried digging, soaking, soaking, digging, cursing, digging,
cursing, swearing, and soaking, and it simply would not go in far enough
(only three feet).  My soil is way too rocky for this.

the guy at home depot, however, told me that an electrical ground
doesn't have to go straight down, it can be bent, angled, and twisted in
all three dimensions:  all that matters is that the rod is 8 ft. long.

Is this true?  Can I just shape the rod into something like this:

|
|------Ground level
|        |------|     |
|-----|         |----|

Or does anyone know a better way to do it (there must be one)?

I'm in Northern New Jersey, and I know there are a couple other coilers
around here, so what do you guys do?

Thanks a lot,
Adam

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