Re: [TCML] Grounding Coil to Water Pipe

[David Dean <deano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another option if there is no deck or bed is to get one of those valve covers used for hiding 
sprinkler valves and sold at stores like Lowes, Home Depot, etc.. Example: (url may wrap)

http://www.sprinklerwarehouse.com/NDS-107BC-6-inch-Round-Valve-Box-with-Lid-p/nds-107bc.htm

Drive the rod below grade and cover with the box. Then you remove the lid to connect ground when 
running coil. Ground rod is unobtrusive and no trip hazard when not in use.

later
deano

>  understand the amount of labor and cost of chemicals to maintain a
> perfectly manicured lawn, but isnt there a bed of mulch or gravel
> somewhere, or immediately behind a bush you can use?
> If there is a deck on the property you can also go right next it and
> nobody notice, or unscrew a plank and go under it.
> Getting an 8 foot rod in the ground can be a daunting task.
> You can also cut the rod and use both or just one half, Ive only been
> using a 4 foot rod with my 4 inch 12/60 powered coil with much
> success.
> Either way, using the houses water pipes or mains ground (which Ive
> always seen tied together) should simply not even be considered.
> 
>  - Other Brandon
> 
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Brandon Hendershot
> 
> <brandonhendershot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I guess I'm just beating around the big bush of pounding in a ground rod
> > in my dads yard. He seems very objective of the idea, which is why I'm
> > so desperate for alternatives. I would do a counterpoise, but a metallic
> > sheet that large is fairly difficult to incorporate into either my
> > bedroom or, here it is again, my dads front lawn.  A 4'x4' piece of
> > chicken wire just doesn't go anywhere my coil could go conveniently.
> > I'll just have to bug him about it until he snaps! :P
> > Brandon
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