[TowerTalk] Ground strap to water pipe

[Dubovsky, George]

I haven't been able to locate this reference to zinc ground strap in my code book; would you please provide a section number?

geo - n4ua

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> To: "Rob Atkinson,K5UJ"; towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground strap to water pipe
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> 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
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> "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> >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
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> >steel don't touch each other.
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