[HCARC] Ground Rods

[Gary and Arlene Johnson]

I have found that Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) is a better ionizing 
material and doesn't hurt the soil, nor degrade the ground rod - in fact it 
makes the plants turn greener.  Copper sulphate works too, but is death on 
plants and some animals.


Gary J
N5BAA
HCARC Secretary 2013

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From: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins at ktc.com>
To: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2013 8:56 AM
Subject: [HCARC] Ground Rods


> 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.
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> Charley , af5ao
> On 9/27/2013 11:00 AM, hcarc-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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>> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:56:49 -0500
>> From: "Gary and Arlene Johnson" <qltfnish at omniglobal.net>
>> To: <hcarc at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: [HCARC] Ground Rod Installation
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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.
>>
>> http://k9sth.com/uploads/R.F._Grounding_primer_2.pdf
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>> Gary J
>> N5BAA
>> HCARC Secretary 2013
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>> Gary J
>> N5BAA
>> HCARC Secretary 2013
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