Re: RF grounding without rod pounding?

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Original poster: "ros by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <ros-at-netbox-dot-com>

There is a very easy way to install ground rods:  First, wet the ground at 
the point where you want the ground rod.  Next, push the rod in as far as 
you can.  Then, withdraw the rod and fill that hole up with water.  Insert 
the rod and make a piston action by rapidly pulling and pushing upon the 
rod.  While doing this, the rod doesn't come out of the ground.  Now, 
remove the rod, pour in more water to fill up the hole and re-do the 
pushing/pulling motion.  Soon, due to HYDRAULIC PRESSURE a.k.a. 'water 
jet', your rod will be all the way in.

If you try to install a rod with a hammer and ladder, you will just love 
this hydraulic method.

Have fun

Cass

At 11:59 AM 1/14/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "kevin wilson by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <thebiggiantkevin-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>As I understand it, a good RF ground normally consists of a few grounding
>rods and a short length of thick wire. I'm not looking forward to hammering
>on the rods so I was wondering. There is a good-sized block of cement over
>the septic tank in the back yard. (The pipes to the septic tank are PVC).
>There is a loop of rebar sticking out of the top of the block for an easy
>connection. However the block is only about 6-7 feet from the main house,
>phone, cable ground. So finally my question is will the cement block be an
>adequate ground, and is it too close to the house ground? I'll be using up
>to two 15/30 NSTs. Thanks for any opinions. Thebiggiantkevin-at-hotmail-dot-com
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