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W3INK Super Ground Rod
I was looking for an easier way to ground my tower than to drive
another 8 foot ground rod into the rockey ground. I remembered
seeing my father-in-law drive a water well 90 feet down by using
water pressure. He simply connected his garden hose to a pipe
and stuck the pipe into the ground. The water flowing from the
open end cleared the dirt out of the way and the pipe went in. I
decided to try it with a 10 foot piece of 1/2 inch copper water
pipe I had around. As it turned out the pipe just fit into the
end of the garden hose. A small radiator hose clamp held it in
place adequately. The water was turned on and the open end of
the pipe was stuck into the ground. It penetrated easily until
it aparently struck a rock at about 9 feet. Since that was
deeper than the standard 8 foot ground rod would go, I left it.
A piece of 1/4 inch copper tubing was clamped to the bottom of
the tower and to the exposed end of the copper pipe ground.
H. Stanley Staten, W3INKof
the tower and to the exposed end of the copper pipe gro