Keith's comment below reminded me of a question I had about horizontal ground rods on lightning protection systems. Current wisdom seems to suggest that if it is impossible to drive ground rods verti
Absolutely no difference...well... you'd need a bit more length of wire to equal the surface area of a 5/8" rod. Say 20 ft of bare AWG8. You can also bury a metal plate. All covered in the various co
I think the key to vertical installation is the local water table. If I dig down 8 feet I always hit water. In rainy months the water is found a foot down while in a dry period it is about 6 feet. In
Jim Lux wrote: -- Original Message -- From: "Dudley Chapman" <chief@thechief.com> To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 11:17 AM Subject: [TowerTalk] Different lightning groun
Forgot one other advantage of a driven ground rod verses a buried wire. The sphere of influence is greater with a driven rod. 73 Gary K4FMX _______________________________________________ See: http:/
Gary, Thanks for those comments. Yes, driving rods down into the soil is the best thing, of course. But say you had to lay a perimeter ground in sandy soil that was on top of bedrock only a few feet
When I said that the "sphere of influence is greater with a driven rod" I was thinking more of a rod driven in vertical as one side is not close to the surface as it would be if it were horizontal. I