[Elecraft] K3S proper grounding?

Jim Brown jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
Sun Sep 27 17:49:29 EDT 2015


> Often the requirements of one system will be at odds with other grounding
> requirements. For instance you generally want a high impedance for RFI
> issues and a very low impedance for lightning grounds.  One system defeats
> the other so they really need to be separate systems.

NO, NO, NO, NO!

ALL grounds in any premises MUST be bonded together. To separate them is 
both ILLEGAL and DANGEROUS.

> Your NEC and lightning grounds have very serious safety issues so running
> your proposed wiring changes by your local power company can often be very
> helpful.

Better -- there are two tutorials about power and grounding on my website.

73, Jim K9YC

http://k9yc.com/SurgeXPowerGround.pdf  is written for sound and video 
professionals. I got paid pretty good to write it, and also to teach it 
at industry conventions.

http://k9yc.com/GroundingAndAudio.pdf  is written specifically for hams.




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