RE: [TCML] Using tree as RF ground

[anthony lockwood <siranthonylockwood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi I use my cold water tap,I dont know if it's a.good idea but It does work.

> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2012 21:17:29 -0400
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> From: skipmalley@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Using tree as RF ground
> 
> Don't trust that an existing ground rod is actually in 8 feet.  I 
> have known electricians that will pound in a ground rod and then just 
> cut it off when it hits a rock and will not go in any further.
> 
> Skip
> 
> At 09:40 PM 9/24/2012, you wrote:
> >I would not expect a tree to provide a sufficient ground, and plants
> >typically do not survive high voltages.
> >
> >Your house has a 220V service line coming into the house.  Typically, there
> >is a grounding rod driven into the ground at this location.  You probably
> >you be best off driving in your dedicated ground nearby to that one.  As
> >there is one ground rod, I would expect the soil in that region to be
> >sufficiently soft for another.  Alternatively, I suppose you could use your
> >house ground, however, I would advise against that as all of your household
> >electronics are directly connected.
> >
> >Has anyone used a counterpoise as a floating ground?  If so, what were the
> >dimensions?  I recall reading that someone once used a twin coil as a
> >floating ground with some success.  Effectively, just a 1/2 wave coil with a
> >conventional driven 1/4 wave coil.  As I recall, the "ground" lead was hot.
> >
> >Yours truly,
> >
> >Mike Day
> >
> >
> > > From: Dave Leddon <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Reply-To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:40:09 -0700
> > > To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [TCML] Using tree as RF ground
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > > I have recently moved to a new house which, as near as I can tell,
> > > sits on top of a granite hill.  I've tried pounding in an eight-foot
> > > ground rod at various locations only to hit impenetrable soil at a
> > > depth of about one to two feet.  The property has numerous large pine
> > > trees with diameters ranging up to 4 feet and it occurred to me that
> > > such a tree might make a great RF ground by driving a spike into the
> > > trunk near the base.  Does anybody have experience using trees for
> > > grounding Tesla Coils and is there any likelihood that the current
> > > could damage the tree?
> > > Dave
> > >
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