[TowerTalk] Ground Rods

[Tom Anderson]

Jim:

Yes, Beaver Creek is in the CO ski country, but we were there during the summer.  I just happened to walk into the Home Depot while my XYL was in another nearby store.  Was msurprised to see the 10 ft ground rods since I've never seen them at a HD or Lowe's here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  I'm sure the electrical supply houses here have the 10 footers, but the Lowes and HD are just down the street from my QTH hi hi.

73 de Tom, WW5L

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: jimlux <jimlux at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Rods
> To: "Tom Anderson" <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
> Cc: "Mark Robinson" <markrob at mindspring.com>, towertalk at contesting.com, "Dan Bookwalter" <N8DCJ at YAHOO.COM>
> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 10:19 PM
> Tom Anderson wrote:
> > 8 foot ground rods are usually at most home
> inprovement centers like
> > Home Depot or Lowe's.  However, I did see some 10
> footers at a Home
> > Depot near Beaver Creek Colorado in the summer of
> 2009. Haven't seen
> > any 10 footers anyplace else where you can just walk
> in and buy them.
> > 
> > 
> > Tom, WW5L
> > 
> 
> Yeah, and that's a problem, because the code requires 8
> feet to be in
> contact with the soil.
> 
> You can get 10 foot rods at any electrical equipment
> supplier.
> Virtually all of them sell over the counter although it's
> true that some
> of the bigger places want you to have an open account, etc.
> You just
> call around.  (granted, I don't know how big Beaver
> Creek is.. isn't it 
> up in the ski country near Vail?)
> 
> 
> One way to find a place is to call an electrical contractor
> and ask them 
> where they get their stuff.
> 
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