[Boatanchors] Ground Rod

Gary Schafer garyschafer at comcast.net
Tue Nov 23 00:16:46 EST 2004


They may go down easy but you don't have a good ground when you do that. 
The earth needs to be all left intact in order to be a good ground 
connection.

73
Gary  K4FMX



Robert Nickels wrote:
> That would be my suggestion also.  Don't know how rocky your soil is, but an
> electrician buddy told me how to drive an 8' ground rod in normal soil with
> nothing but bare hands and a cup of water.  Dig a little hole and pour the
> cup of water in it.  Push the rod into the hole and keep working it up and
> down, forcing the water ahead of the rod as a hydrostatic ram.   Not
> intuitive but it really works - I planted 6 rods in 30 minutes!
> 
> 73, Bob W9RAN
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William L Howard" <wlhoward at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Ground Rod
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> 
>>Make certain that you soak the ground with water first. Also consider
>>hydrostating it into the ground similar to drilling a shallow ground
>>water well.
>>
>>Bill Howard
>>
>>
>>
>>>I need to install a new 8' copper ground rod. Does anyone have any
>>
>>hints to
>>
>>>make it a little easier? I have kind of rocky soil.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>Roger K7DDG
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