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Re: [TowerTalk] bentonite and substitutes

To: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] bentonite and substitutes
From: Chris <EZRhino@fastmovers.biz>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 08:43:05 -0700
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It is available under the brand name "Ultrafill" from Harger, in 50 pound 
sacks.  I can get it if anyone is interested.  

Chris
KF7P





On Jan 19, 2016, at 8:29 AM, jimlux wrote:

> I know the literature is full of using bentonite as a conductivity enhancer.  
> I wonder if there are other substances that may be more readily available in 
> smallish quantities that would work as well.
> 
> Bentonite is mined by the thousands of tons, and has lots of industrial uses 
> (drilling mud, cat litter, impervious clay liners for ponds, etc.).  And when 
> people were looking for something to dump into the hole with the ground rod, 
> they probably had it around, so that's what got used.
> 
> I assume it's cheaper than concrete (if for no other reason than you can 
> deliver it in a dump truck, as opposed to a mixer truck, and it doesn't have 
> a very short "shelf life" after mixing).
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