[AMPS] Ground rods?

[K4ZDZ@aol.com]

I live on sandy soil into which I can easily "water jet" scrapped  copper 
plumbing pipe. It would seem that using such a grounding  method would be 
superior to copper plated electrical ground rods since I don't need to go 
down very far to hit water. As I understand it, the larger the surface area 
on a ground, the better! Anybody using this relatively cheap material for 
grounding? 

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