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1. [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: les <lkemble@charter.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:45:07 -0400; I am putting up a new tower and was wondering if the ground rod for it can go through the concrete in the base or is it better to place it outside the concrete base? _________________________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00300.html (6,391 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 17:56:59 -0700; Check out Ufer grounds. If you insure your base rebar is well tied and the tower anchor bolts electrically tie to the rebar (I welded small rebar connections to the anchor bolts, but several good tig; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00301.html (8,134 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:59:15 -0400; On 7/16/2013 8:56 PM, Grant Saviers wrote: Check out Ufer grounds. If you insure your base rebar is well tied and the tower anchor bolts electrically tie to the rebar (I welded small rebar connection; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00302.html (8,664 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:53:09 -0700; On 7/16/13 5:45 PM, les wrote: I am putting up a new tower and was wondering if the ground rod for it can go through the concrete in the base or is it better to place it outside the concrete base? _; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00307.html (8,996 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 23:11:58 -0400; On 7/16/2013 10:53 PM, Jim Lux wrote: On 7/16/13 5:45 PM, les wrote: I am putting up a new tower and was wondering if the ground rod for it can go through the concrete in the base or is it better to; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00308.html (10,714 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 20:45:49 -0700; Please explain why. I understand why the rebar should not penetrate the soil/concrete interface, but I don't understand at all why a copper wire shouldn't. 73, Dave AB7E What is *really really* impor; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00309.html (7,734 bytes)
7. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:24:33 -0400; Please explain why. I understand why the rebar should not penetrate the soil/concrete interface, but I don't understand at all why a copper wire shouldn't. It allows moisture to migrate along the wir; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00310.html (9,218 bytes)
8. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 21:56:46 -0700; Please explain why. I understand why the rebar should not penetrate the soil/concrete interface, but I don't understand at all why a copper wire shouldn't. small crack with capillary action. The ther; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00312.html (8,580 bytes)
9. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:36:30 -0700; Sorry, but I don't buy either of those viewpoints. Concrete in the ground is typically loaded with moisture ... practically saturated with it in some parts of the country. Concrete also typically has; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00324.html (13,635 bytes)
10. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:48:32 -0700; Sorry, but I don't buy either of those viewpoints. Concrete in the ground is typically loaded with moisture ... practically saturated with it in some parts of the country. Concrete also typically has; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00340.html (16,008 bytes)
11. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 06:32:32 -0700; "extrapolation" may have been a poor word choice, but my reasoning is that copper pipes are not buried without special precautions for domestic water service because of corrosion. Another reason is t; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00357.html (16,472 bytes)
12. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Donald Chester <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:53:37 +0000; I agree that NOTHING should penetrate the concrete/soil interface. At a guy anchor, make absolutely sure the anchor rod does not come anywhere near the re-bar inside the concrete. It's not a matter o; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00360.html (11,681 bytes)
13. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>; Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:58:55 -0700; I think you are mixing several different concepts here, at least a couple of which are erroneous. Taking your anecdotal story about the Parthenon at face value, rebar itself would rust and crack the; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00366.html (13,983 bytes)
14. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>; Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:35:31 -0700; Lightning pulses have an extremely short rise time, so they should be treated as RF, not the same as DC or 60 Hz a.c. Yes, but... Unlike for an antenna, for instance, you don't care as much about lo; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00382.html (11,704 bytes)
15. Re: [TowerTalk] Ground rod (score: 1): Author: "Doug Renwick" <ve5ra@sasktel.net>; Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 14:56:25 -0600; Dave, My experience agrees with yours in that grounding a tower through the concrete base is a non issue. All my 5 towers are grounded below the 4 ft cube concrete base for over 35 years with no visi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2013-07/msg00388.html (14,979 bytes)

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