[Elecraft] OT; electrical safety

[Matt Zilmer]

Most house grounds are just a piece of re-bar hammered into the soil, 
andthis is done before the foundation is poured around it. Ours is 
barely visible except for the big chair clamp that secures the bare #8 
wire to it. I've seen it other ways too, for example in the upper 
midwest.  The ground we had in Iowa was three copper-plated rods within 
about one square foot, all bonded together.  Not sure why anyone would 
do that, but the builder did the same for all houses in that development.

73,

matt W6NIA


On 4/17/2017 2:00 PM, ab2tc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is totally off topic; I apologize.
>
> I just received the new ARRL publication "grounding and bonding  for the
> radio amateur". It is very interesting reading. I see that the NEC requires
> two ground rods for regular power installations; never mind any antennas. I
> swear that when when I moved into this house there were absolutely no ground
> rods installed. I just inspected our power pole that supplies our power. I
> could see no wires going in to the ground. So I have no idea where our
> "green wire" came from.
>
> But I have have installed two 8 foot ground rods to ground my antennas and
> they are bonded to the AC entry panel. But what's up with this? I bet my
> neighbors have no ground rods installed either.
>
> Knut - AB2TC
>
>
>
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Matt Zilmer, W6NIA
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