RE: driving copper pipe

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



I was at home depot today.  A 6ft copper ground rod was $3.49 vs. your
couple dollars for cement and aggravation of putting cement inside your
copper pipe.  Just get the copper ground rod and save yourself the
hassle.

The Captain


 > Because not only is copper water pipe much cheaper, I have a lot of it
 > laying in my basement.  I'm trying to use it.  I was thinking
 > the quick
 > cement (couple of dollars at local hardware store) would help
 > strengthen the
 > pipe without affecting the electrical properties of the pipe
 > ( because it
 > would still be in direct contact with the earth).