Don't worry about sharp bends in ground conductors unless they are near a
building or other object where side flashes may occur... see some of the
discussion about this at these places:
http://lists.contesting.com/_towertalk/2012-04/msg00172.html
http://www.eham.net/ehamforum/smf/index.php?topic=82022.10;wap2
https://www.quora.com/Physics/Will-Bending-say-by-90%C2%B0-180%C2%B0-the-Wire-increase-the-Resistance-offered-to-electrons-in-Current
and many other places... the earliest reference I have found recently about not
bending lightning rod conductors goes back to 1893, though there are likely
earlier ones.
David Robbins K1TTT
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
StellarCAT
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2016 16:02
To: tower
Subject: [TowerTalk] ground rods and angle...
Just curious if any research has been done on angling ground rods... sharp
bends in the grounding system are no-no’s as we all know... and taking that
right angle at the top of the rod is just that. I was thinking if I angled the
rod at 45 degrees I’d both increase the area of the ‘coverage’ (out further
away from the towers – UFER) as well as reduce the angle between the cable and
the rod... I know some have said longer rods work better (in most
cases/grounds) ... but is that because of the depth or just the area covered?
If the former than angling might not be such a good idea ... if the latter than
it wouldn’t matter and it would help to achieve the two above mentioned goals.
thoughts?
Gary
K9RX
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