I do the following
1. Bring the end of the copper strap around the ground rod so that you have
about 6" or so of overlap at the end;
2. Drill a 3/8' hole thru both pieces of the strap about 1/2' or so from the
rod;
3. Use a 3/8 bolt, nut, lock washer, and flat washers and tighten the
assembly. A hex head bolt helps with the tightening but is not essential;
4. Usually I cut off part of one side of the flat washers so there is a
smooth face up close to the rod. What you want to do is to pinch the copper
strap very tightly as it comes around the ground rod;
5. I usually put some conductive paste between the strap and the ground rod
but, again, this is not essential.
6. A bonus is that you have a piece of strap sticking out and you can use
this to bolt any other items to that need to be grounded.
The result is a good extremely tight bond between rod and strap and it is
very inexpensive. I have done this for years and have never had a problem.
If you do it right the system will last for a long time.
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-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mark
Robinson
Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 8:45 PM
To: Mark Robinson; Ray Benny; TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Connecting Flat Copper to 5/8" Ground Rod
As another option, I believe that cadweld sells a form designed to work with
copper strap and circular copper clad ground rods
Mark N1UK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>
To: "Ray Benny" <rayn6vr@cableone.net>; "TowerTalk"
<TowerTalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, 13 October, 2013 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Connecting Flat Copper to 5/8" Ground Rod
>I preformed the copper strap around half of the copper clad ground rod and
>silver soldered the strap to the rod.
>
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> Mark N1UK
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> To: "TowerTalk" <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, 13 October, 2013 5:47 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Connecting Flat Copper to 5/8" Ground Rod
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>> Has anyone come up with a way to connect flat copper straps to ground
>> rods?
>> DXXE sells copper clamps w/ hardware, but at $35 a pop, I hoping that
>> there
>> is a more reasonable way to get the job done.
>>
>> My copper strap is 2" wide, by 6ft, and about 18 ga, but not sure.
>>
>> Tnx,
>>
>> Ray,
>> N6VR
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