[TowerTalk] Ground rod

[K8RI]

On 7/16/2013 8:56 PM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> Check out Ufer grounds.  If you insure your base rebar is well tied and
> the tower anchor bolts electrically tie to the rebar (I welded small
> rebar connections to the anchor bolts, but several good tight wire ties
> would also work) then you have an excellent start on grounding the
> tower.  Additional ground rods should be spaced away from the concrete,
> usually by the length of the ground rod.  Much is written here about how
> many and how to tie the ground rods together, search the archives.

The ground rod and rebar should not exit the bottom of the concrete,

73

Roger (K8RI)

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> On 7/16/2013 5:45 PM, les wrote:
>> I am putting up a new tower and was wondering if the ground rod for it
>> can go through the concrete in the base or is it better to place it
>> outside the concrete base?
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