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Re: frozen ground ground
Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
Don't give up. The frozen ground only extends maybe a foot. After that the
temperature of the ground is about a good 55 degF year round.
You should try a bit harder. I could drive my ground rod through the
sidewalk if I wanted to. Just need someone (to use something) to support
the
rod while the other person uses the end of a very heavy sledgehammer to
slowly pound it in. Believe me, do it like this, and the rod will go
through
that frozen ground like butter.
Dan
> 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
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