[TowerTalk] ground rod spacing

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 12/30/2010 12:16 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> At least as far apart as the ground rod is long. 8 foot rod, space them at
> least 10' apart.
When I installed the system here...some years back, the general wisdom 
was twice the rod length. IOW, 16 foot spacing for an 8' rod.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> 73
> Jim W7RY
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>> What does the NEC have to say about the number of ground rods used in a
>> single
>> point grounding system where the building is surrrounded by a ground wire?
>> Is
>> there a required minimum and maximum spacing between the ground rods? Is
>> there a
>> required depth the perimeter wire is to be buried?
>>
>> Tnx es 73,
>> Jim W5QM
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