[TowerTalk] Grounding Rod Lenght

Jim Lux jimlux at earthlink.net
Wed Feb 18 11:13:19 EST 2004


At 03:58 PM 2/17/2004 -0800, Wilson Lui wrote:
>National Electric Code (NEC) requires 8ft. Of soil coverage for ground rods.
>Meaning min legnth of 8ft of ground rod.


But, the rod can be laid sideways in a trench, for instance. There's no 
requirement that it be 8 feet deep.

The rod can also be bent.




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