[TowerTalk] Grounding...

[Jim Lux]

On 10/13/12 4:09 AM, Dave Cole wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have been thinking of using 8 feet of copper 1 inch pipe as my ground
> rods for a new tower install...  Is this a good idea?  Would clad rods
> be better?  If so why?
>


Aren't clad rods cheaper and stronger (for hammering into the ground)?

Are looking for code compliance?  if so, you have to have 8 feet *in the 
soil*, which means either burying the whole thing or getting a longer rod.

Are you pouring concrete for a tower base?  Use a Ufer ground.. 20 feet 
of wire in the concrete.