"Rick (W-A-one-R-K-T)" wrote in
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Someone said something about an electric hammer and that I could drive
the rod into the ground in "minutes". If I go to try to rent one of
those, what should I be looking for?

I made the adapter for mine from a regular bull point which was cut off,
annealed and drilled with a blind 15.1 mm hole, then re-tempered. The
sytem drives rods is as quick as you can climb down the ladder. I have
driven 24' electrodes (3 x 8' with couplers) using this system.

No doubt they can be purchased, but you may be able to rent the hammer
and driver. If you cannot rent a driver specific to earth electrods, you
may be able to get a driver for star pickets (or whatever you call them)
and make a small adapter to keep the electrode centred in the adapter.

See how you think after you have hit your hand a couple of times!

You will see articles on the net describing drilling a hole with a hose
and a peice of pipe. I have reservations about this, because it is no
longer a drive electrode. I have not seen this method used by commercial
applications and I suspect that if one was contracted to drive
electrodes, this would not be an acceptable method.

Owen

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 02:04:34 +0000, Owen Duffy wrote:

You will see articles on the net describing drilling a hole with a hose
and a peice of pipe. I have reservations about this, because it is no
longer a drive electrode. I have not seen this method used by commercial
applications and I suspect that if one was contracted to drive
electrodes, this would not be an acceptable method.

Good evening, Owen.

I just started a new thread on this, titled "Using a copper water pipe in
place of a ground rod?". That was after I looked for the above paragraph
from you and didn't find it until just now.

I'd like to know why you think it's not acceptable, but I'll continue this
in that thread.