[TowerTalk] Lightning... and sub panel

[RICHARD SOLOMON]

That handbook may be there, but I couldn't find it in the time I took
before getting really annoyed by that guy selling his website.
 
Got a more specific URL that doesn't require one to suffer through the
sales pitch ??
 
73, Dick, W1KSZ 

> Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 20:16:12 -0700> From: jimlux at earthlink.net> To: dwilson at oshkoshsv.com> CC: towertalk at contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Lightning... and sub panel> > Wilson, Dion wrote:> > Good day all. > > > > > > > > I am installing a tower near a A/C sub-panel. I have a field (6) of 8> > foot grounding rods around the tower connected with 6 gauge wire and 2"> > CU strap. The station is on the second floor for now and the A/C> > service entrance is on the other side of the house. It would be quite> > difficult to run strap or wire to the service entrance ground near the> > meter. Is there any way to use the sub-panel for connecting all these> > parts? The connection from the service panel to sub-panel is rated for> > 50 AMPS-220. Any help or thoughts would be nice.> > > > Electrical code generally requires a continuous (unspliced) conductor of > a particular size (depending on what kind of metal) to bond the various > things together. If your subpanel has the appropriate conductor, then > you can bond your grounding system to that.> > There's a "low voltage handbook" on the Mike Holt website > (http://www.mikeholt.com/) which is free for the download and goes over > all the grounding and bonding requirements for things like antennas with > examples, drawings, and code citations.> > The ARRL handbook also has this information.> > Jim, W6RMK> > _______________________________________________> > > > _______________________________________________> TowerTalk mailing list> TowerTalk at contesting.com> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk