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Old November 20th 03, 01:19 AM
Mike Coslo
 
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Mikey wrote:

Phil, get a piece of PVC or ABS pipe, large enough to slide the ground rod
into. Glue an adapter to the pipe that will allow you to connect it to a
garden hose. With the ground rod inside the pipe, turn the water on, and
let it drill the ground rod in for you. Unless we're talking solid rock,
this works pretty well even with hardpan.

Uh, BTW, what are you grounding?

73,
Mike KI6PR
El Rancho R.F., CA

"Northern Lights" wrote

I have a mundane question.

Does anyone have suggestions for installing ground rods in rocky soil?


The

topsoil on my property tends to be very shallow, at times only 12 in.


deep.

I would rather use earth ground and not go the route of an artificial
ground.

I think I know the answer to my question but wanted to see if anyone out
there had a silver bullet solution.


I hear people speaking of simply laying wire on the ground being better
than a rod type ground.

Is this serious? I'm trying to envision this, and even if it works
electrically, it seems like rather dangerous advice in many ways.

- Mike KB3EIA -

 
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