[Elecraft] UFER Ground In House

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On Apr 8, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Byron Servies wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am currently installing a new ground system and when I had an
> electrician out to talk about my plans, he thought it would be best to
> connect a wire to one of the available ports in the service panel
> ground bus rather than connected it to my UFER ground.  On my panel,
> this bus is covered by the metal of the panel itself, all of which
> needed to be removed to inspect possible connection points.
> 
> As mentioned in the 2010 ARRL Handbook, this connection should be done
> by a licensed electrician, probably because everything needs to be
> open and the utility company feed exposed when this work is done.
> Still, it is advice I plan on following as I finish up in the next few
> weeks.
> 
> Also note that there should be an inspection port somewhere (for
> new-ish construction. My place is in CA and built in 1992) where the
> inspector can view the UFER connection; mine is very near the service
> panel on the inside of the garage covered with a blank single gang
> outlet panel.
> 
> Odd note: my UFER ground must have been insufficient because there are
> 2 lengths of rebar bent near each other and clamped together. My
> electrician said he had never seen 2 used before.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:02 AM,  <goldtr8 at charter.net> wrote:
>> l the talk about grounding had me looking at my house to figure out how
>> I was going to tie my antenna grounding together with the house ground
>> correctly.
>> 
>> I was not able to find an external ground rod and was confused until
>> someone mentioned the UFER Ground.
>> 
>> So my question is can anyone point me in the proper direction on how to
>> tie this all together.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 73, Byron N6NUL
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