Re: RF ground

[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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