Re: Driving Ground Rods (was:RE: grounding question)

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Subject: Re: Driving Ground Rods (was:RE: grounding question)
From: "me" <weaver77-at-home-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 06:59:06 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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I live in Tennessee and we have a lot of rock here too.  I don't
have any rock in the yard where I now live.  When I run my
coil I put the garden hose in the yard and turn on the water for
a few minutes to make a wet spot.  I stick my ground rod into
the wet spot and attach the other end of the wire to my
secondary coil.  When I run my coils  in the shop I am about
30 feet from the ground rod.  When I run my large coil in the
drive way I am about15 feet from the ground rod. It works
great for me.  My wire is #6 copper.  I have used #12 copper
and it seems to work fine too.

Gary Weaver

>
>
> ok... i live down in good old Austin, TX and we have a unique ground
> problem... most of the ground around here is Texas rock... you go down about
> a few feet or even inches as the case is where I'm trying to drive my rod,
> and  you hit what is basically gravel... anyone know any ways to work around
> this... i suppose i could get a thin rod and put a point on it to push
> between rocks but i don't know how well that would work... also, how do you
> people go about driving 8 and 10 foot pipes into the ground... that can't be
> an easy task... i would appreciate any help or solutions that any of you
> might possess.
>
> Thanks,
> Kelly