Re: [TCML] grounding rod

[mddeming@xxxxxxx]

The standard way to make a chain-link-fencepost driver should work:

1 Get a 3-ft length of pipe a little larger in diameter than the post you are going to drive.
2 Cap one end.
3 If necessary to give it added weight, holding it caqp-end down, pour about 6-in of concrete into the pipe .
4 When hardened, put it over the post and use it like a pile driver.
5 Finish off the last 2-3 feet with a BIG hammer.
6 Make sure to put wrie clamp over the rod before starting.




-----Original Message-----
From: robert massa <massahbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sun, Feb 7, 2010 11:22 am
Subject: [TCML] grounding rod


      Go to Lowes or Home depot, buy 8' rod,$17 or $27 for copper clad steel 
od.  Start by pushing it into the ground as far as possible, pull out and add 
ater, push further, pull and add water push down as far as you can.  Tape a 
ood slat to it for stability , if you don't have a fancy long handled chisel 
older,  and have a freind/spouse hold it while you drive it the rest of the way 
n.  Unless the ground is frozen or rock.  Tree roots are mostly on the surface 
nd the first push down will identify.  I live in the midwest, southern 
llinois, and during a thaw last week the ground was very soft, but the water 
rocess is used by the laborers in dry ground.                                   Bob
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