[TowerTalk] bonding to AC power box or inside fuse panel?

[vk3pa at vk3pa.com]

I run rf earth separated from the Power ac supply service no  
connection between the two.. de vk3pa


Quoting Jeff Blaine <keepwalking188 at yahoo.com>:

> Question on the optimal routing of strap to realize a single point ground.
>
> My shack antenna entrance panel and the mains AC power meter box are  
>  along one wall ? separated by about 20?.  There is a ground system   
> under the antenna entrance panel ? with the usual set of polyphasers  
>  for the coax and MOV for the control lines.
>
> The breaker boxes are on the inside of the same wall, a couple of   
> feet below the power meter mains inlet.
>
> The shack is centered along the same inside wall; about 5? from the   
> breaker box on the left, and about 15? or so to the antenna entrance  
>  panel.  On the shack table is a bus-bar where the gear is   
> individually connected to in a star-configuration; one braid-type   
> jumper from the bus bar to each shack rig or accessory.
>
> What?s the best way to effect a single point ground in this combination?
>
> I think that a single strap run from the bus-bar to the antenna   
> entrance box.  And another run from the bus-bar to the breaker box.   
>  Both of those runs would be inside the house and along the shack   
> wall.  However, I also see that it?s desirable to bond the meter to   
> the antenna entrance panel outside of the house.  Or should I do   
> both?  Or something else?
>
> Thanks.
>
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