Grounding Near a Gas Line

Bill Hider n3rr@cais.cais.com
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 20:42:05 -0400


Jay...DON'T GUESS AT THIS AND DON'T USE AMATEUR RADIO ADVICE EITHER!

CALL THE GAS COMPANY INVOLVED!!!!!!CALL MISS UTILITY!!!!!!!!!!BUT CALL!!!!!!!


Bill, N3RR



At 10:13 AM 6/7/96 EDT, Jay Pryor wrote:
>I'm putting a rooftop tower up the summer and will ground it somewhere
>behind my house. Problem is, in the area where I would like to put the
>ground rod, there is a gas line running underground from the house
>(specifically from the hot water heater) to the backyard grill. So,
>how far away from the gas line can I safely put the ground rod?
>
>Seems like nothing's easy!
>
>Thanks.
>Jay/K4OGG
>