Wisdom, please: I want to run 1.5 inch copper strap from my SPG bulkhead to my AC ground point, which is my water service entrance, following the "bond the grounds together" principle. Question is wh
Author: "Roger K8RI on Tower" <k8ri-tower@charter.net>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 20:23:31 -0400
Is this "water pipe" connected to a well or city water? We have city water and it's all plastic from the inlet valve out and 3/4". A one inch service feed was almost twice as much, but to install and
He said the AC ground point was at the water pipe. I believe that connecting the water system to the electrical service ground (which must have its own ground) is a code requirement just about anywhe
I can add a few details. I am indeed in CT, on a granite ledge about 100 ft from the Long Island Sound. There is a few feet of soil over the ledge. The water entrance is "city water", and it runs met
SPG does not have anything to do with your water system. SPG is concerned with a common grounding point for electic service, cable, telco, and radio/antennas. That is it. I would forget the connectio
Your steel pipe is probably galvanized? If so you do not want the copper in direct contact with it. Place a sheet of thin stainless between the pipe and the copper strap. Put a stainless hose clamp a
Several folks have pointed me to the Polyphaser copper strap to galvanized pipe clamps (e.g., model TK-2) using a stainless steel intermediate layer. That's probably what I am looking for, or for mor
Martin, Your post brings back memories I thought I had banished. Many years ago I decided to insulate the floor of my mother's house. So, there I was, lying on my back on the dirt in the crawl space
And I bet you are STILL itching from that experience. I know I itch just hearing about it.... Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"