[Cliffdwellers] grounding to water pipe

[Walter Cang]

Thanks to all the great suggestions!  The pipes I am referring to is behind the shower wall on the second floor, where my radios are also located.

Following your guide to connect to the cold water line on the street side of the union, it means I will have to run my ground line 2 levels to the basement.  I reckon this is about 10 meters or more so it leads me to wonder if I should follow the suggestion of the other ham and use an MFJ artificial ground with a counterpoise?

73s!


Walter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ron [mailto:fidel at webcoast2coast.net]
> Sent: July 27, 2004 1:27 PM
> To: Walter Cang
> Subject: Re: [Cliffdwellers] grounding to water pipe
> 
> 
> Ground on the street side of the union on the cold side of 
> the hot water 
> tank.
> 
> Ground for DC will like a solid wire. But RF will uses the 
> skin effect. 
> Braided has a LOT more skin that one solid so it works 
> better. Even with 
> DC, a smooth one will do DC fine but the noise will do better 
> if it is 
> Braided.
> Ron
> 
> Walter Cang wrote:
> > I'm thinking of connecting the ground wire from the HF rig 
> and tuner to the hot and/or cold water pipes behind the 
> bathroom wall.  The pipes are directly connected to the 
> valves and faucet of the tub.  Does this setup pose any 
> danger to someone using the shower?  
> >  
> > Also, is it true that the best ground wire should be smooth 
> solid wire and not braided as I see in most installations?
> >  
> > 73 de Walter
> > VA3WYC
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