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Re: Building a new RF ground, and open for suggestions


I would think simply placing a wire in a swimming pool would be a good
ground.  Just the size of the thing would represent a very large
capacitance that a coil would not charge to any great potential.  The
leakage to "ground" of such a thing would be very high no matter what...

Cheers,

	Terry


At 11:19 AM 03/30/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>I'd arrange a UFER type ground (i.e. make sure the reinforcing mesh is
>electrically bonded) and use the entire pool as your ground.  All you'd need
>is a suitable connection point.
>
>BTW, you might want to consider a platform that can be suspended over the
>middle of the pool on which to operate your coil.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>Date: Thursday, March 30, 2000 10:49 AM
>Subject: Building a new RF ground, and open for suggestions
>
>
>>Original Poster: "Coiler" <mycroft-at-access1-dot-net>
>>
>>I've a slightly unique position.. The wife has called in all her
>>coil support debts, and we are winding up with that hole in the
>>ground you throw money in (a pool). Side effect is I think I've
>>got a chance to put in a decent ground if I am not off-base.
>>Specifically, I was thinking of laying some pipe down toward the
>>deep end, and angling out to where I can arrange for the ground
>>connection. How much do you think the gunite would ruin the
>>grounding???
>>Comments welcome.
>>
>>
>>Michael Baumann
>>Coiler, Homebrewer, Nerd...mycroft-at-access1-dot-net
>>http://www.access1-dot-net/mycroft
>>
>>
>>
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