[Elecraft] OT; electrical safety

[Don Wilhelm]

Knut,

When I built my house in 2001, only one ground rod at the utility entry 
point was required.  We built a house next door in 2009, and two ground 
rods separated by 6 feet was required.  So sometime between those two 
dates the NEC requirements changed.

None-the-less, I have a perimeter wire around the house with a driven 
ground rod at each corner.  Since I have 45 degree corners on one side, 
and several other 90 degree offsets that means I have 9 ground rods plus 
the one at the utility entry, so I think I am "covered".

73,
Don W3FPR

On 4/17/2017 5:00 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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