[Elecraft] OT: Groond rods and concrete

[Rose]

-NEVER- encase a ground rod in concrete ... especially a tower base.

As a retired 2-way radio tech, I'm aware of two towers that had to be
re-installed because of lightening strikes exploding their concrete bases.

73!

Ken - K0PP



On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Matt Zilmer <mzilmer at roadrunner.com> wrote:

> 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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