Well, the tower ground should be connected to the service panel ground.
How do you think the lightning is going to stay out of the house when
the coax cables from tower run into it?
73
Gary K4FMX
ny6dx@netscape.net wrote:
> only if you want the lightning to travel into your house if the tower gets
> hit
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl <cfwb@cox.net>
> To: TowerTalk Reflector <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 19:50:15 -0400
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Fw: CQ article error(?)
>
>
>
> My 3 wire electric drop comes from the telephone pole in my back yard,
> across
> my yard, to a metal pole on my house. Through this
> metal
> pole the 3 wires enter my house to my inside breaker panel. Should I ground
> this outside metal pole to an outside earth ground
> rod, and
> connect it into my tower grounds ?
>
> Confused,
> Carl K8AV
>
>
>
>
>>>It has nothing to do with tripping a breaker or not tripping a breaker
>>>because of multiple paths. The breaker is always in the hot lead.
>>>Whether the return path is via the neutral lead or the ground (green
>>>wire) lead or both, makes no difference to the breaker.
>>>
>>>The ground wire is connected to equipment chassis to ensure that there
>>>is a low resistance return path for a fault that may come in contact
>>>with the chassis. It also keeps that chassis close to earth potential in
>>>case of a fault so that fault path does not include a person in contact
>>>with that chassis and earth.
>>>
>>>The neutral and ground (green wire) are kept separate only so that
>>>neutral current does not flow on the ground wire under normal operation.
>>>If neutral current were to be allowed on the ground wire under normal
>>>operation it could raise the potential of a chassis above local ground
>>>due to voltage drop in the ground wire carrying current.
>>>
>>>By the way, there can be as many earth grounds of the grounding
>>>conductor as you may like. It doesn't have to be grounded to earth only
>>>at the panel. But the neutral must be grounded to earth only at the panel.
>>>
>>>73
>>>Gary K4FMX
>>
>
>
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