[Elecraft] OT; electrical safety

[Bill Johnson]

Or you are the ground! :-)  Open your panel cover, if you are comfortable, and look for copper to grounding bar installation.  I had my electrician bind an around the foundation wire to my box and then to the rebar.  At the time I built there was no inspector, 2004.  Can you believe it?  Lots of pathetic electrical work in the world.  Wonder why all the fires?

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Miller
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2017 4:04 PM
To: ab2tc <ab2tc at arrl.net>
Cc: Elecraft Reflector <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT; electrical safety

I'm guessing you and your neighbors have grounding via a basement slab Ufer.

73

jim ab3cv

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 5:00 PM, ab2tc <ab2tc at arrl.net> 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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