RF ground

["Pholp Smiff" <kawanze-at-hotmail-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

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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