[Towertalk] lightning ground wire size

[Zac Smith]

we use #2 tinned solid copper wire for our halo grounds, and evrything is #2
stranded jacketed if its above ground... i was allways told that stranded is
best for DC voltage (lightning) the finer the strand the better, altho i am
not completley shure, thats what ive been told

Zac
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Hider (N3RR)" <n3rr@erols.com>
To: "David" <k4zzr@bellsouth.net>; <Towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size


> David,
>
> You should use solid wire or flat copper strap.
>
> You should use as large a ground wire as you can afford!
> Size 00 wire is fine, of course, if you have the Cadweld molds for it.
>
> The spec is in the latest TIA/EIA - 222 - XX
>
> The 1996 spec is: TIA/EIA-222F and specifies #6 or larger diameter wire.
>
> I used #4 wire at the tower to the ground rods.
>
> Bill
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David" <k4zzr@bellsouth.net>
> To: <Towertalk@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 8:02 PM
> Subject: [Towertalk] lightning ground wire size
>
>
> > For some reason when I did my ground radials a few years ago I remember
> > using 00 bare copper stranded wire leading out from my tower to several
> > cadwelded ground rods and also to the SPG bulkhead at the shack.  Now I
> see
> > everyone talking about using #4 and #6 gauge solid wire.  I'm getting
> ready
> > to do my new tower's ground system. What size ground radial wire should
I
> > use?
> >
> > 73,
> > David, K4ZZR
> >
> >
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