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[TowerTalk] Exothermic Welding?

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Exothermic Welding?
From: w9ol@dataflo.net (Bill Heinzinger)
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 20:05:45 -0500
> For ham radio usage, however, unless you have access via
> the commericial world or a ham club which wants to make a
> group use purchase, you can do well enough with mechanical
> manipulations.  If you must use dissimilar metals, make sure
> you put a "middle man" between them (e.g. stainless steel).
> 
> 73,
> Bob AA0CY
If the ground rod is copper plated steel:
and the clamp is brass:
and the ground braid is copper:

are these considered dissimilar metals?

Isn't brass and copper almost the same thing for this situation?

Most UL electrical distribution panels use both brass and copper.




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