[TowerTalk] Using old coax for ground wire

[jimlux]

Scott McClements wrote:
> Hey all - I am planning my grounding system for my new tower. I am
> going to run multiple ground rods. I have a bunch of really old 9913
> and RG-8U. What would be the best way to use this to connect ground
> rods together (it will run below the surface between rods)? Strip off
> the jacket and tie the braid and shield together? Just pull out the
> #10 center conductor and use that? 


Center conductor on RG-213/RG-8, etc. is AWG 13. and typically stranded.



Or? I'll be cadwelding the wire
> onto the rods, but I was up in the air on how to prepare it for use.

You can't.. the welding molds aren't designed for braid or tiny wire.


  I
> almost threw it in the garbage this weekend then I came to my senses
> on the price of copper and my impending need for ground wire. -Scott,
> WU2X
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You've just hit on the correct thing to do.  Sell it for the scrap 
copper value and buy new wire.



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