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Re: Ground rod question
Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>
Hi Gary,
Whichever method you use, I think it would be a good idea
to provide a means of running water into the structure to reduce
ground resistance.
Regards,
malcolm
On 28 Oct 2002, at 0:02, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>
>
> I'm having some new construction done on my house adjacent to my garage
> involving a new foundation, and this presents an opportunity to construct a
> better RF ground system than the single 8 foot ground rod I presently use.
> The footings are about 5 feet deep, so I was planning on having an "L"
> shape of 1/2" copper pipe, 5 feet vertical, down to a horizontal 10 foot
> segment laying beside the footing. I also soldered on a 1 foot by 2 foot
> sheet of copper roof flashing to the base of the vertical segment.
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