[TowerTalk] Ground Radials Insulated or Not

[Don Havlicek]

Hmmm ... seems to me that ONE TIME less means it will carry NO CURRENT.
What in heck does '2.5 times less' mean?
I'm lost!

[perhaps you meant 1/2.5 AS MUCH and 1/6.4 AS MUCH and 1/16 th AS MUCH?]

Don
N8DE

Gary Schafer wrote:

> #6 wire is often recommended to carry the current to ground.
> #10 will carry 2.5 times less.
> #18 will carry 6.4 times less than #10.
> #18 will carry 16 times less than #6.