[TowerTalk] Acorn ground clamps??

[Daron J. Wilson]

An acorn ground clamp is designed to clamp onto the ground rod and secure a
ground wire to it.  It is bronze alloy and rated for direct burial.  Pretty
common.  If you want cadweld, I guess you can demand cadweld.

http://www.richards-mfg.com/PDF/AcrnCatalogPage.pdf

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> I have asked my builder to lay a couple of my ground radials,  for
> lightning dispersal, under the slab of my new home.  I  had specified
> CadWelded connections; his quote was returned as using "acorn  ground
> clamps".  I do not know what these are, but I am sure they are not  as
> good as a
> CadWelding.