Considering how seldom one has to fold one of these things over, I think I'd
go ahead with normal grounding of the legs, and simply detach the ground
clamps or wires at the tower legs when I had occasion to fold it over. Just
be creative initially with a mechanical attachment to the legs that is easy
to remove and replace. Three more screws or bolts to remove and replace once
in a while is no big deal, and is very little hassle in return for big time
insurance. And from what I've read over the years, more ground rods attached
to the post AND the tower legs can't hurt, and will probably help, if you
spread them out around the base roughly the distance of the length of the
rods.. Consider yourself lucky to have soil you can get a ground rod into!
Because of layers of rock close to the surface, my "ground rod field" has to
be about twice as big as normal, with twice as many (shorter) rods. I don't
like it, but we do the best we can with what we have to work with.
73, Jerry W5KP
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Stowell <lclarks@nc.rr.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Tower grounding
>
> I'm just finishing the post mount for my Aluma 75ft foldover crank-up
tower.
> and have been reading the comments about grounding the tower. My question
is
> obviously I can't ground the legs and still fold it over, and the mounting
> post is buried 6ft(no concrete) would it be of any use to put ground rods
in
> a tie them to the post?
>
>
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