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Subject: [Towertalk] Power ground rod driver
From: SavageBR@aol.com (SavageBR@aol.com)
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:19:47 EST
It is sooo easy to water wash copper tubing into the ground for ground rods. 
Just partially close the bottom end of a 3/4 inch pipe to form a jet. Then 
attach a garden hose to the top end with a cable clamp, turn on the water and 
jet the pipe into the ground. I have put down many ten foot pipes this way 
without a single blow.

If you insist on using solid ground rods, jet the copper pipe down without 
closing the bottom end, remove the hose, drop the solid rod down inside the 
pipe, replace the hose, turn on the water and remove the pipe leaving the 
ground rod in the hole.

This works great in most soils, not so good in hard clay.

Bruce,  AA4Z


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