Do you mean all grounds? Do you connect your grounds to the neighbor's
house?
What about the barn?
Jim W7ANF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Hoffman" <ghoffman@spacetech.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Another grounding question
> All -
>
> This grounding stuff really energizes people (no pun, groan).
>
> I have read many, many write-ups on this, and the best I have seen are
those
> offered by Polyphaser and Alpha-Delta. Both of these reputable companies,
> and several engineers whose write-ups I have read, insist that all ground
> points be tied together.
>
> The principle is this:
>
> If all points are tied together, then they will all rise together, to
a
> common high voltage during the strike event. If they are all at a common
> voltage, then there is no delta VS.. If there is no delta VS., then no
> current will flow, and nothing will cook.
>
> I cannot PROVE that this is correct, but it makes sense to me, and it is
> what I do here at my place.
>
> By the way, the underwriters code requires all grounds to be tied together
> also, If I have read the code correctly.
>
> Your mileage may vary.
>
> 73 de Gary, AA2IZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K Van Horn" <W7SV@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 11:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Another grounding question
>
>
> > Dear Ed and Janet,
> >
> > Do not EVER tie them together! When lightning strikes your tower, and it
> > WILL, you will have upwards of 100000 volts destroying every electrical
> > device in your home from the ground lead of your electrical system
during
> > the 15 -50 milliseconds that it takes for the voltage to bleed off into
> the
> > ground system!! Many textbooks recommend tieing these together, but they
> are
> > in ERROR!! Save yourself a lot of money and more trouble than you can
> > imagine!
> >
> > If you tie them together and you take a strike, the following is a list
of
> > what you can expect to replace:
> > (even if they are turned off at the time of the strike because the
voltage
> > is so high that it jumps the switches)
> >
> > Air Conditioner (inside and outside unit)
> > Refrigerator
> > Dishwasher
> > Oven
> > Microwave
> > Television sets
> > Amplifiers
> > Radios
> > Computers
> > Can Openers
> > Clock Radios
> > Light Bulbs
> > Doorbells
> > Stereo Amplifier and Receiver
> > Garage door opener
> > Security System
> >
> > All in all, over $20,000 in damage on two strikes 6 days apart.
Whereupon
> I
> > realized the error and cut the link out with a boltcutter and solved the
> > problem!
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Kirby
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed and Janet" <janed@burgoyne.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 12:37 PM
> > Subject: [TenTec] Another grounding question
> >
> >
> > What is the thinking on grounding the tower ground to the ground coming
> into
> > the house at the power, 220 service entrance? Tie them together or not?
> Ed
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