[TowerTalk] Ground Radials Insulated or Not
Gary Schafer
garyschafer at comcast.net
Mon Dec 6 20:52:57 EST 2004
Roger on that Don, you got it! I wrote in a hurry. Glad it was decipherable.
73
Gary K4FMX
Don Havlicek wrote:
> 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!
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> [perhaps you meant 1/2.5 AS MUCH and 1/6.4 AS MUCH and 1/16 th AS MUCH?]
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> Don
> N8DE
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> Gary Schafer wrote:
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>> #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.
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