Re: Demonstration

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Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jprich-at-up-dot-net>

Chris,

I think that that would make a fine ground.  Sometimes I think that people
are making a larger issue out of grounding than it needs to be.  I really
don't think that there should be any concern as to how safe the other pipes
in the building might be, should someone come in contact with them.  Drawing
from my own experiences, I know that a lot of houses have the neutral and
mechanical ground in the main breaker box tied to not only an external rod,
but also the water pipes in the building, and there haven't been any safety
issues to my knowledge that have surfaced.

John Richardson

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Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:07 AM
Subject: Demonstration


 > Original poster: "c d by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<vbprg1-at-hotmail-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Hello I am wanting to show off my coil. At a glass blowing studio I
 > have recently been doing a lot of work at.
 >
 > We have a lot of space over 15000 square feet and most of it is
 > unoccupied, but I have always run my coil outdoors and
 > there is a nice court yard that I would be very possible to set my
 > coil up in.
 >
 > My only major concern would be the ground system.
 > I would be a couple hundred feet away from the gas furnace and glory
holes,
 > also several walls between me and them. I would also
 > have plenty of clearance in terms of room to observe from for the
audience.
 >
 > In the courtyard there are sevearl steel drain pipes for draining the roof
 > down into the sewer system, and really no were to burry a ground rod, so
 > would a steel pipe running into the sewer system, be considered
 > and adequate or safe ground? The one pipe I am thinking about useing is
 > broken off about 3 or 4 inches from the ground, and would be super easy to
 > clip into. Would there be a concern with people touching other steel
 > drainage pipes in the area?
 >
 > It looks like a good ground but I am not real sure what it
 > attachs to underground.
 >
 > Chris
 >
 >