Re: My Basement ground system: Your opinions

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>


> Hot water pipes are NEVER a good source of ground.

	I would tend to concur.

> The "continuity" you detect is picking up ground
> after passing through a lot of other things.
	Like the concrete.

	Concrete 'en masse' is a Real Good conductor.

 
> For a better ground, either find a COLD water pipe,
> or drive a ground rod outside, and bring it in via
> a contiguous length of #6 or #4 solid copper wire.
	

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	I wonder what the experience is about tying
	disparate grounds together.  In Lightning
	Protection work, it is 'required' as i understand
	it, to tie all 'masses' of metal' together, to
	avoid odd voltages building up.  Any experiences
	in this area with Tesla Systems?
	
	best
	dwp

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