[TowerTalk] Ground strap to water pipe

[ny6dx@netscape.net]

This info is wrong...You need to use a Zinc ground strap to Galvanized pipe.This can be found in the National Electric Codebook.2005 version














"Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com> wrote:

>You need a brass clamp on the galv. steel pipe as a go-between for your 
>copper strap.  Home Depot sells a brass pipe clamp with the copper hardware 
>attached to bolt your strap to.  Or else if you go in the back where they 
>have their ground rods, conduit and other electrical stuff you will find the 
>clamps and hardware to work something out.   you just have to fix it so the 
>copper is clamped to the brass, and the brass is on the pipe so the cu and 
>steel don't touch each other.
>
>Rob/K5UJ
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