Re: frozen ground ground

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Original poster: "kent by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <toyhatsu-at-pcisys-dot-net>

Matt,

I can't remember who I got this from (maybe a Richard Quick post) and I
appologise to that person.  Use a 6-8 foot piece of 1/2 or 3/4 inch copper
water pipe and lead solder a standard copper faucet connection on the end.
Attach a garden hose to the connection  and the other end to a hot water tap
(for winter).  If I remember right it is very easy to push the copper pipe
in the ground as the water displaces the dirt on the way down.

Hope this helps,
Kent


 > I'm wanting to ground my tesla coil but because of the time of year, there
is
 > no way of driving a stake into the ground or even turning some earth to
put a
 > piece of flashing in. Also I don't know if the frozen ground would act too
 > well
 > of a ground anyway. How would you guys suggest I ground my coil? I was
 > thinking
 > about driving 20 or 30 really long nails into a piece of plywood then
 > connecting them all on the top of the board. I would then place that on
the
 > ground and jump on it or something to push into into the earth at least
some.
 > Does anyone think that might work? If not, do any of you have a suggestion
of
 > how I might ground the coil?
 >
 > Matt Morrissette
 >
 >