[HCARC] Ground Rods

[Charley & Peggy Robinson]

Gary,

Before you do that rock salt leaching bit I suggest you do some reading 
on the effects of salt  contamination of the surrounding soil & possible 
ground water contamination.

Charley , af5ao
On 9/27/2013 11:00 AM, hcarc-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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> Found some interesting info that may be of help in the Texas Hill Country.  When you read about using a copper water pipe as a ground rod, remember I have a BIG ROTARY HAMMER DRILL which has a 36 inch long 3/4" diameter drill which will drill down in the ground over 4 feet depending on how deep a starter hole you can dig.  That gets the pipe down in the neighborhood of 4-5 feet which the author says is the most important depth.  The copper pipe is filled with rock salt and has holes drilled about every 6 inches to let the salt leach out into the soil.  Refill the pipe/pipes every 6 months or so.
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> http://k9sth.com/uploads/R.F._Grounding_primer_2.pdf
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