Kirk,
There were a several of ways mentioned. Here is a brief summary:
1. Silver solder the copper sheet to the ground rod. Must use a high temp
flame source such as MAPGAS or acetylene.
2. Use a "U" bolt type copper grounding connector, drill holes into the
copper strap for the bolts and compress the copper around the ground rod.
3. A combination of "U" bolt type copper grounding connector and
ERICO/Cadwell exothermic welds when attaching copper strap and heavy copper
wire.
4. There are several commercial companies that make clamps to do this.
I will try #2 first and if I don't like how it works, I may will try the
silver solder method.
For clamping the method, use a copper base paste between the copper strap
and ground rod.
There may have been other methods, but these were the ones that seem
feasible.
73,
Ray,
N6VR
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:51 AM, K4RO Kirk Pickering <k4ro@k4ro.net> wrote:
> Ray,
>
> Did you ever find a definitive answer?
>
> Kirk K4RO
>
>
> On 10/13/2013 4:47 PM, Ray Benny wrote:
>
>> Has anyone come up with a way to connect flat copper straps to ground
>> rods?
>> DXXE sells copper clamps w/ hardware, but at $35 a pop, I hoping that
>> there
>> is a more reasonable way to get the job done.
>>
>> My copper strap is 2" wide, by 6ft, and about 18 ga, but not sure.
>>
>> Tnx,
>>
>> Ray,
>> N6VR
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