[R-390] Underground connection sealant/insulation

[Sam Letzring]

I always use copper plated ground rods and then copper clamps to clamp the 
copper ground wire to the ground rod.

Ground rods should be available at any electrical supply or maybe even Home 
depot or Lowes.

Sam

KE5IRZ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Foley" <redmenaced at yahoo.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 4:02 PM
Subject: RE: [R-390] Underground connection sealant/insulation


> You should be using solid copper wire Cadwelded to the
> solid copper ground rods.  Anywhere there are
> dissimilar metals touching in the ground they will
> corode in no time!  Covering them MAY help, but won't
> be a long term solution.
>
> Some electrical contractors will have the equipment to
> do the welding and can give you more information and
> suggestions on how to proceed.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>> Ken,  I wondered about the acid problem;  the online
>> caveat seem to relate
>> to applications where an item was sealed up before
>> the acid could dissipate
>> but evolved into a general statement not to use the
>> acid type on any
>> electronics, maybe not a justified conclusion as you
>> state.  My ground is
>> not being used for transmitting,  the antenna is to
>> be an end-connected wire
>> not too high off the roof.  The hog wire I bought is
>> one level away from
>> chicken wire,  14 gage.  I figured if I buried it
>> where I probably would
>> never be able to get to it,  I should have a little
>> more wire thickness for
>> connection using some small galvanized
>> nut/bolt/angle iron connectors I
>> found for electric fence applications in the local
>> ranch and home store.
>> How did you connect to the chicken wire?  Dan.
>
>
>
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