If you could reliably predict when lightning was near, and if you
actually disconnected "everything" from whatever it is you had grounded
when lightning was near, you wouldn't need the ground in the first place.
Regarding the resistance of the earth itself, that's pretty much exactly
why (at least for relatively short runs) you're supposed to bond all the
various "ground" points together with some sort of good conductor. I
assumed that you were referring to those connections as well when you
originated this thread, but who can tell any more. You've gone from
questioning whether cadweld connections were any better or more reliable
than standard ground clamps to claiming it doesn't matter whether they
are or not anyway.
Dave AB7E
On 10/25/2014 4:13 PM, Bill Turner wrote:
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On Sat, 25 Oct 2014 13:37:19 -0700, David wrote:
Lightning may not care about a half ohm resistance, but anything else
that might care about the volt drop across a half ohm at currents
typical in a lightning discharge sure as hell would.
REPLY:
Pray tell, what else do you have connected to the hot side of the
ground rod? When lightning is near I disconnect everything.
And what about the resistance of the earth itself? Even if your ground
rod connection is perfect, the earth itself has resistance and if you
are foolish enough to provide a path between your lightning ground rod
and some other ground, current will flow between them.
73, Bill W6WRT
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