RE: [TCML] My woeful RF ground experiments and lots of questions.

["Rich Schmuke" <rdj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have put several 10' sections in the ground, go to the hardware store and
get a hose to pipe coupling , solder it to the end of the pipe , put a
garden hose on the end , place the open on the ground , turn on the water
and down it goes. Remove the coupling and go on to the next one.

Rich , Kd0zz

As an act of plagiarism . Disclaimer: Any errors in spelling or facts are
transmission errors.


-----Original Message-----
From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jeremy Scott
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 5:39 PM
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TCML] My woeful RF ground experiments and lots of questions.

Hi all,

So I tried pounding a short section of copper pipe into the dirt outside of
my garage. It didn't go so well, my 'soil' is mostly clay with lots of large
rocks. There's just no way I'm going to get anything more than a foot into
the ground without augering a huge hole first and the only places that would
be acceptable to do that are far away from where I'd be running a coil. 

In my garage, I have a cold water faucet. The copper pipe for this runs
about 20 feet from the faucet before entering the concrete foundation of my
house. About five feet or so from where the pipe goes into the foundation,
the green ground wire to the fuse box (a few feet away) 
is tied in.

What am I risking if I connect the coil's RF ground to the faucet in
the garage? I am guessing that the path of least resistance seems to be
straight to the pipes in ground and presumably not through the ground 
wire into the fuse box and connected appliances, although I could be wrong. 

Most of my 'sensitive' electronics like the TV and computers are all on 
surge protected battery operated UPS units -- I'm not so worried about
frying electronics as I am the risk of electrocution.

Could I put an RF choke on that ground wire? What about simply disconnecting
the AC ground wire while the coil is running? Should 
I bite the bullet and tear up the yard and make a nice ground?

Are there any easier ways of making an RF ground that don't involve
pounding rods into solid clay?

Thanks in advance,

-Jeremy




      
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