RE: RF ground rod insertion

["Kevin, the one with the incredably long email name that takes up a lot of space on this line. Sometimes you have to wonder just how much space you really need in this field anyway. :)" <teslacoil-at-mindspring-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net]

I heard someone once say that they soldered on a hose fitting to the end of
a copper pipe and used it as a water drill to get the rod in.
Kevin


-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:34 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: RF ground


Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Pholp,

Tesla list wrote:
>
> Original poster: "Pholp Smiff" <kawanze-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> 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?



Yep, used a sledge hammer. You must be sure there are no gas lines,
electrical,
etc. where you are pounding. It the ground is wet, it should provide a nice
rf
ground.

Bart