[TowerTalk] Tower grounding specific to my installation

Lee Buller k0wa at swbell.net
Thu Jan 20 20:15:26 EST 2005


Towertalkians....
 
You have all be a plethora of knowledge that I thought I would ask another question.
 
I keep reading here on the list that one should have their tower ground attached to the ground where the middle leg of the 220 is located.  That ground connection is under 5 inches of concrete, but I do have a 10 gauge wire coming out of t he concrete to the service entry box,  I could attach to that wire using a "split bolt."
 
My tower is located near the patio and the only way to get a wire from the tower (which has a 8 foot ground rod X 2) is to run a wire alongside the house ... make a square corner....go under the sill of a door and then onto the 10 gauge wire coming out of the congrete patio.  The total length would be around 20 to 25 feet.
 
Now for all you experts with all the knowledge....would that work?
 
Lee - K0WA
 


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