[TowerTalk] Shack ground

[jimlux]

Mark Spencer wrote:
>> NEC cares about "don't burn down the building" and "don't
>> kill/injure the occupants".  Disasters like the MGM Grand hotel
>> fire and swimming pool shocks feature a lot in the discussions of
>> code makers when talking about Article 250.
> 
> 
> Don't burn down the building and don't kill / injure the occupants
> sound like a reasonable design criteria to me for the grounding of my
> amateur radio instalation.  The protection of my amateur radio gear
> takes a distant third place to protecting the lives of my family
> memebrs and our home.   Having a separate "RF ground" or antenna
> system ground that is not electrically connected to the electrical
> service ground by a dedicated ground wire would be a non starter for
> me.
> 

Yep..

But you don't need to connect the two with 4/0 welding cable or 3"
copper pipe, either.  As you say, "safety" is different than "equipment 
protection"