- 1. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
- Author: k4zzr@bellsouth.net (David)
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:02:39 -0400
- For some reason when I did my ground radials a few years ago I remember using 00 bare copper stranded wire leading out from my tower to several cadwelded ground rods and also to the SPG bulkhead at t
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- 2. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
- Author: n3rr@erols.com (Bill Hider (N3RR))
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 20:20:49 -0400
- David, You should use solid wire or flat copper strap. You should use as large a ground wire as you can afford! Size 00 wire is fine, of course, if you have the Cadweld molds for it. The spec is in t
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- 3. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
- Author: sk-8-er@clnk.com (Zac Smith)
- Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2002 22:19:31 -0500
- we use #2 tinned solid copper wire for our halo grounds, and evrything is #2 stranded jacketed if its above ground... i was allways told that stranded is best for DC voltage (lightning) the finer the
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00081.html (10,872 bytes)
- 4. [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size (score: 1)
- Author: W8JI@contesting.com (Tom Rauch)
- Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 06:45:05 -0400
- The exact opposite is true. Stranded wire is always worse for higher frequencies, and lightning has considerable high frequency energy. Stranding (or worse yet weaving) is undesirable even with pure
- /archives//html/Towertalk/2002-08/msg00179.html (7,476 bytes)
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