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Subject: [TowerTalk] Grounding
From: babblarr@cwis.isu.edu (Larry R. Babb)
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 09:22:42 -0700
K7LXC@aol.com wrote:

    Does this include welding with oxygen and acetylene with brazing
rod?

> In a message dated 97-11-07 08:01:57 EST, jimnv3v@shore.intercom.net
> writes:> Now that we've discussed using braid as a ground, what are
> the opinions of

> >  using #4 or #6 as the ground?
>
>     Yes, you want to use a solid copper wire and a #4 or #6 is
> appropriate (I
> haven't looked up what the NEC wants you to use).
>
>     The only type of connections you should use to bond the solid wire
> to the
> ground rods are either a compression connection (a bolt on a ground
> clamp or
> similar) or an exothermic connection such as a CadWeld. Nothing else
> is
> acceptable.
>
> 73,  Steve  K7LXC
>
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