Re: My Basement ground system: Your opinions

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

Davep: hot water pipes are not as good as cold for several reasons mainly
the are isolated to conserve heat loss. Years past the town I lived in had
central steam heat supplied by the mine complex. The mine died and so did
the town. The steam pipes were insulated in the ground, but went through the
whole town. Boy what a counterpois ground that made. Large massive ground
piping, insulated, but  oh what large size mile after mile in all
directions. It wasent ideal, but size made up for all the little ideal
defects like resistance.
  Robert  H 

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> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 18:09:16 -0600
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> Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
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>> 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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