[TowerTalk] single point ground question
David J Windisch
davidjw at cinci.rr.com
Sun Mar 8 15:49:21 PDT 2009
The basement walls of the house in which I live were bowed in. The fix, which works fine, btw, is 11 1-in OD steel rods, thru the north and south walls, horizontally out into the yard 8-9 feet, about 3-1/2 ft under the surface, with large anchor plates on each (threaded) end, and nuts to pull the plates tight, straightening the walls. If you're interested in details, google Matthews Wall anchor (a plug from a happy, unaffiliated customer).
Would it be worthwhile, or at least do no harm, to tie the rods on the south wall together and to my power/phone/cable-entry ground? The closest rod is only about 2 ft from that entry point, which is at the s/w corner of the house. Another rod is about 5 ft straight down from the shack, and about 20 ft from the entry point, and the farthest is about 30 ft away on the south wall.
Tia & 73, Dave W8FGX
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