I would do a ring around the house both directions to avoid resonance . I
would also bury the wire.
Violate NEC and your insurance Co will laugh you if you ever get hit. They
don't care about resonances.
-----Original Message-----
From: R.Measures [mailto:r@somis.org]
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 9:18 AM
To: Dino Darling
Cc: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Dedicated 220AC Wiring for Amps..
On Oct 13, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Dino Darling wrote:
> Don't do that!
>
> Run a RF ground rod outside your window as planned. Run a SEPARATE
> ground
> rod just below your main breaker. Unless of course I'm reading this
> wrong
> and it was never your plan to tie the RF and A/C grounds together with
> a
> long piece of #6!
And the piece of #6 will be an RF choke on frequencies where it is an
odd multiple of a 1/4 wave.
>
> At 03:51 PM 10/13/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>> Gents,
>>
>> Thanks for all the replies. As a result I will RF ground outside my
>> windows today as I already have the 8 foot rod ready to go. I will
>> also
>> run a #6 copper wire back to my main breaker box as an AC ground per
>> the
>> new code. I happen to have 250 feet of #6 that I was going to use for
>> other purposes and it will be easy to run.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Monty/WB5GLB since 1969
>>
>>
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