It's interesting how certain requirements creep into specifications possibly
just because it's possible to do them.
Recognize if lightning gets into a home it seems to have no trouble traveling
through screwed
and friction (plug-in) connections, sharp bends, and ultimately zapping lots of
stuff.
If CADwelds and OneShots are important in ground rod connections, why then, for
example, is it not also required
to weld all those electrically unreliable bolted joints between tower
sections...??
Don N7EF
----- Original Message -----
From: David Gilbert<mailto:xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
To: towertalk@contesting.com<mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Rods
[-SNIP-]
My only recourse was to put in more rods to ground my tower, and I built
my own exothermic mold (standard type, not One-Shot variety) and bought
a bunch of Cadweld powder on eBay so I could make as many wire-to-rod
connections as I needed. The biggest reservation I have is that I'm
less likely to reach moist earth during our dry springtime with the
shorter rods, but that's just something I have to live with. No storms
then anyway ...
73,
Dave AB7E
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