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Thread: grounding rods

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    Default Re: grounding rods

    Standard 18" T handle rod, and when i need to i use my 4' probe.

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    Default Re: grounding rods

    1 3/8 in 3 and a half foot long steel rod with a half inch 1 foot long T handle welded to it tappered down from the bottom so it looks like a very large spike oh yeah of course got to have the black electrical tape around the T handle so it does not give you a little buzz in the rain

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    Default Re: grounding rods

    Over the years I've used a lot of things, including pole anchors and fence posts, but at the moment my favorites are a 40" metal probe (insulated handle of course), an enormous flat screwdriver I found a while back, and a 5' long half inch copper pipe I use in really sandy soils when I work in the sandy soils closer to the coast. Drive that puppy in a couple feet, pour water in the pipe, massive signal. Just gotta be mindful of whats around when you drive it. If power might be close I do a quick passive scan of the area to CMA.
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    Default Re: grounding rods

    What the hell does cloud computing have to do with ground rods? Me I use 3' copper rod that I got from a Qwest tech ten years ago.
    Work smarter not harder!!!

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    Default Re: grounding rods

    Come on Rockiesgirl, Far be it for us to critisize "The" Albert Einstein from the land of "Fine" on the connection between grounding rods and cloud computing =)

    Mke

 

 

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