In a message dated 97-10-13 10:45:49 EDT, caconway@evansville.net writes:
<< Sould I also tie the two ground
systems together with a 100 foot length of No 4 or 6 copper ground wire
which I would put in the pipe, or are the two ground systems far enough
apart so I don't have to do this. >>
Yes, everything should be connected. You want all of the voltage
potentials to rise and fall at the same rate. One-hundred feet is nothing in
the event of a lightning strike. You could get a big surge through the earth
from a strike a half a mile or more away.
73 and GL, Steve K7LXC
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