Hello, Is there any issue with a ground rod being placed within a foot of
some low voltage wiring for outside lights? I would like to place my ground
rod in a flower bed by the house and that area would be convenient.
On Oct 23, 2016 10:41 PM, "jimlux" <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/23/16 6:38 PM, jhowson4 wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>> What are your thoughts on using a well pipe as rf ground.
>>
>
> I would not recommend this - the last thing you want to do is damage the
> insulation on your pump - that's an expensive repair job.
>
>
> Its a beefy hunk or iron sticking out of my front yard. Planning on
> running the coil for holloween.
>
>> I am told the well has an electric pump down in its depths somewhere, but
>> I also have some form of pump under my house so I'm not sure if the first
>> statement is true or not. If it does have a pump in the pipe somewhere if
>> rather not break it...
>>
>
> There's a "down hole" pump at the bottom of the well (water pumps do not
> suck, they push water up) and you might have a booster pump with the
> accumulator under your house to raise the water pressure.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>>
>
>
> How big is your coil?
>
> you could just lay some chicken wire down under the coil and use those
> "galvanized staples" that they use for drip irrigation to hold it down. The
> capacitive coupling of the chicken wire to the soil should do quite nicely.
>
> A good guideline for a "counterpoise" (so you don't need an earth ground
> at all) is to make the radius of the counterpoise the same as the height of
> the top of the coil above the counterpoise.
>
>
>
>
> -Jay
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