Re: driving copper pipe

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Original poster: "Steve Cook by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk>

A method favoured by radio amateurs is to connect the end of an appropriate
sized pipe to a garden hose and use water pressure to move stuff out of the
way, this makes a suitable sized hole.
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Subject: Re: driving copper pipe


 > Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 > Tesla list wrote:
 >  >
 >  > Original poster: "Mark Broker by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mbroker-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >  >
 >  > I would imagine that a "hydraulic drill" would tend to flush the soil
away
 >  > from the rod, leaving pebbles and other such debris as the main contact
to
 >  > the soil.  Rocks don't generally make a good conductor....
 >  >
 >  > If the soil isn't too rocky, just banging the end of a hard copper pipe
 >  > with a hammer may work, at least enough to get a couple feet into the
 > ground.
 >  >
 >  > YMMV
 >  >
 >  > Mark Broker
 >  > Chief Engineer, The Geek Group
 >
 > I originally had similar thoughts.  However, I don't know where the
 > "flushed" soil would go, since nothing much comes out of the hole and
 > the soil surrounding the rod is moistened, at least for a while.
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >
 >