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raypsi wrote:

Hey OM

You should only have one ground rod everything should ground to it. So
you should ground the dish to the tower with the shortest possible
ground wire preferribly copper strap.

I you have more than one ground rod then there can be standing voltage
difference between the ground rods which could be on the order of
thousands of volts.

73 OM
de N8ZU

Hmmm, Raypsi seems to be confusing Ground Rods, with the NEC Requirement
of having only ONE Ground/Neutral Bonding Point, for each individual
Distribution System, which is to be made at the Entrance Panel, or Main
Panel, in the System. Ground Rods can be, as many as a user needs, or as
few as ONE, depending on Soil Conductivity, and what is Grounded. For
some PowerHouses in Alaska, there are as many as 10 Grounding Rods,
connected with Bare (0) Phosphor/Bronze Conductors placed around the
building, and bonded to each of the Diesel Gensets inside the building.
Just Say'en.... YMMV....

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