| The neutral and ground are usually tied together in the CB panel or fuse | panel of a residence. A #4 copper wire should go from the neutral bar to a | 8 foot ground stake that has been pounded into the ground someplace.
Two ground stakes are now required.
Unless you can prove 25 ohms or less ground resistance with only one rod. As a practical matter, you end up driving the second rod...:)
Bob Weiss N2IXK
| snipped-for-privacy@ipal.net wrote: |> On Tue, 11 May 2004 18:09:41 GMT Cougercat wrote: |> |> | The neutral and ground are usually tied together in the CB panel or fuse |> | panel of a residence. A #4 copper wire should go from the neutral bar to a |> | 8 foot ground stake that has been pounded into the ground someplace. |> |> Two ground stakes are now required. |> | | Unless you can prove 25 ohms or less ground resistance with only one | rod. As a practical matter, you end up driving the second rod...:) | | Bob Weiss N2IXK
For the house I will be building, I'll be doing an even more significant level of grounding. As a fellow ham op, you might understand this.
I have done some radio shacks for the state of Fla. Generally they will use 4 ground rods on the corners, driven into the water table, a buried ground ring around the building and a Ufer ground in the foundation/slab. That seems to do the trick. Radio towers do seem to be a lightning collection terminal here tho.
| I have done some radio shacks for the state of Fla. Generally they will use 4 | ground rods on the corners, driven into the water table, a buried ground ring | around the building and a Ufer ground in the foundation/slab. That seems to do | the trick. | Radio towers do seem to be a lightning collection terminal here tho.
Good grounding a lightning arrestors can only go so far to prevent a strike. They actually create an area of less potential, but to a storm moving across, it can also be an area of "closer" ground potential. At some point you just have to deal with getting a strike, try your best to route it away from any valuable parts, and mitigate what exposure you do have.
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