Re: driving copper pipe

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Original poster: "Charles Brush by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <cfbrush-at-interport-dot-net>


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>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 6:00 PM
>Subject: driving copper pipe
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>>  Original poster: "Rodney Goolsby by way of Terry Fritz
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jeronimo-at-bright-dot-net>
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>>  I'm sure many of you know how hard it is to drive long pieces of copper
>>  pipe into hard ground to make an RF ground, such as my yard which has a
>lot
>>  of clay in it.  I was wondering if it would be alright to fill a 5' piece
>>  of .5" or .75" copper pipe with quick cement to make it sturdy enough to
>>  pound into the ground.  If not what other method could I use to get the
>>  pipe into the ground?
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An easy way to get ground rod or pipe into the ground, and one that I first 
learned on this list many years ago:  Dig a small hole, fill it with water, 
then drive your ground rod into the bottom of the hole. Move the rod up and 
down to work it into the ground (as opposed to just 
pounding).  Periodically add more water to the hole as needed. This is a 
very easy way of driving a ground rod.  Infinitely easier than trying to 
just pound into dry ground.  Thanks to whoever originally came up with this!


Zap!


Charles Brush
http://www.VoltNet-dot-com