Good point Roy!
> Whoa! Dry concrete is a very good insulator!
>
> Roy Breon
Concrete is a lousy conductor. If you are depending on a ground connection
through concrete, you are in deep deep trouble. I've seen a tower pier
explode after someone removed ground straps and the lightning gaps, and the
lightning superheated the moisture in the concrete!
73 Tom
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