Towertalkians:
All this talk of grounds rods brings up the following local curiosity: In
the local area (Dallas/Ft. Worth) several of the local power companies and
their contractors seem to use cadmium plated steel 6 ft. ground rods as
opposed to the Cu-plated variety. (The cad finish was confirmed by a power
company contractor.)
Has anyone ever had any experience with these for amateur use? Comparative
performance?
One thing that I found very interesting was that prior to building my new
home, the contractor but up a temporary power pole and called the power
company to hook it up. When the power company showed up, they sank one of
these 6 ft. Cad-plated ground rods and hooked up the temporary power
meter/outlet box for the builder.
After the home was finished, the ground rod was left sticking up, waiting to
poke a hole in my tractor tire. So, I took an old car jack and removed it. I
was amazed that despite the fact that the rod had been in the ground for
close to 9 months, it was not rusted and the cad-plating had only slightly
lost it's sheen.
Hmmmm--
Val
W5PUT
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