[TVARC] Ground Rod

[Doug Moe]

Here in nh we took  1/2 inch copper rod and cut an angle at one end to make it sharp. Fastened a modified garden hose with 2 hose clamps to the other end. Turned on the water and pushed the rod 5 feet into the ground by publishing down and pulling back maybe 8 times. Then hit ledge. But in regular dirt 9 ft would be easy. Never used a sledge.

Doug KC1JZC 


Doug
Mobile 603 493 0749

> On Jul 2, 2019, at 9:51 AM, Ed Krome <e.krome at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> You might try renting a fence post driver. This is a 2’ steel pipe with handles and a heavy load in one end. Try Home Depot. 
> BTW standing on a ladder pounding a ground rod in with a sledge hammer is probably not the best idea🤪
> 
> Ed Krome K9EK
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 1, 2019, at 10:22 PM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m finally getting around to installing a ground rod.  I know, I know, should have done it long ago.  But now that my touch faucet starts running when I run HP, I’m gonna have to do something about it.
>>  
>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I get that thing eight feet into the ground?  I tried a power washer but it will only go so far.  Only using a hammer to pound it in doesn’t cut it.  I suppose a big sledgehammer might do the trick?  But I’m thinking maybe someone has come up some brilliant idea for getting that rod in the ground easily, before I go out and buy one and then start pounding away.
>>  
>> 73, Pete, K2PS.
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