For the last 40 plus years now I have been using copper water pipe as part of
my ground system.
Since my old pipe had eroded , coroded and otherwise deteriorated I decided to
remove it and
install a new one... BAD CHOICE.
What I normally do is drill several smallish holes down the length at various
points around the pipe.
Then I drive it into the ground with a an adaptor that helps to prevent
mushrooming (notice I didnt say
that it prevented it).
The whole idea of this pipe is that I drive it in the ground next to my ground
rod (occasionally I have used
IT as the ground rod when I have been in my cheap mode. I then use an adaptor
to hook it to a hose
and siphon. The purpose of the shiphon is that I mix a saturated solution of
coper sulfate put it into
a one gallon milk jug and with the siponn in the milk jug turn the hose on.
The siphon can be purchased
at garden stores for adding fertilizer etc. to a garden. This works really well
and after I have done this
for a few months the ground conductivity is greatly enhanded.
Oh back to my original comment.. HOLY COW what price copper... so I stopped by
the local
Lowes to pick up a piece 1" copper pipe and the damn thing cost nearly $30.
YIKES.
Last time I bought a pipe.. it was something like $7.. but that has been 5 or 6
years ago.
I didnt expect to have to take out a second mortgage to purchase a simple piece
of pipe.
Jim WA3MEJ
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