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Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Cad welding vs clamps

To: "Kimberly Elmore" <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net>, "Jim Lux" <jimlux@earthlink.net>, <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Cad welding vs clamps
From: "Patrick Greenlee" <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 08:52:58 -0500
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That is  ForTran, not FORTRAN.  Formula Translator  ;)  ;)

Patrick NJ5G

-----Original Message----- From: Kimberly Elmore
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2014 8:26 AM
To: Jim Lux ; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Cad welding vs clamps

I'll take FORTRAN.

Kim N5OP


On Friday, October 24, 2014 8:14 AM, Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net> wrote:



On 10/24/14, 3:56 AM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
That depends on your soil conditions.  Some of us have shale, rock and/or
hard clay making it impossible to push in a full 8' ground rod.


From:    Hans Hammarquist via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>

What would work if you bury it deep enough. I would believe 8 feet of strap
buried 4 feet down should be equal to an 8 foot rod pushed down 8 feet.


I do think it is less work to push the rod down than to dig a trench for the
strap.


-----Original Message-----
From: Drax Felton <draxfelton@gmail.com>


What if one were not to use a ground rod and just bury the strap?



The code allows you to drive the rod at an angle.

From an electrical standpoint, you don't need to bury the strap 8 feet
down.

IEEE 142-1999 Table 13 has formulas for all kinds of configurations of
rods, wires, straps and the like.  there's a new version from 2007 out.
If I get ambitious, I'll put some of the equations online, but they're
long series expansions, so a bit tedious.

Anybody have a preference.. as matlab/octave/fortran/c equations or as
Excel Spreadsheet formulas?




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