[TowerTalk] Ground Rods

[Jim W7RY]

10 footers may be required by local code there... So they stock them.

73
Jim W7RY


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From: "Tom Anderson" <andersonww5l at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 9:17 PM
To: "jimlux" <jimlux at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Mark Robinson" <markrob at mindspring.com>; <towertalk at contesting.com>; 
"Dan Bookwalter" <N8DCJ at YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground Rods

> 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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