On 6/22/2013 12:27 AM, Hans Hammarquist wrote:
I believe the screw anchor is good enough by itself to act grounding rod. I,
myself, did not put any grounding rods at the guy anchors but I used nine (9)
grounding rods around the foot of the tower. These rod are not copper rods but
galvanized steel. I also have galvanizes steel rods holding the tower in place.
I think I have enough grounding. I, needless to say, do not have enough for a
direct hit though. Who does?
The guy anchor should not serve as a ground for any thing, so it should
not need a ground rod either.
The guy, if metal,should have an insulator near the anchor, preventing
the anchor as serving as a ground.
Several of us have stated the circuit consisting of ground, tower, guy,
guy anchor, and ground must be broken with an insulator, preventing the
round rod as serving as a battery that eats itself up by serving as one
of the electrodes. If this is done there is no need for a sacrificial
electrode.
Keeping it simple is often the most reliable.
73
Roger (K8RI)
Hans - N2JFS
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Robinson <markrob@mindspring.com>
To: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg@aol.com>
Sent: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 9:03 pm
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Screw Anchor Experience
Do you think I should pull the copper rods and install galvanized steel
ground rods instead?
Mark N1UK
<whole lot of snipping>
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