[TowerTalk] Tower grounding

[Jim Lux]

On 7/18/13 8:16 AM, Grant Saviers wrote:
> Agree that the Ufer wiki entry re "chip and flake" is soft. However, the
> potential problems with buried copper or copper in concrete are well
> documented/known issues, so I think the logic holds.  I think the codes
> tend to "get it right" over time and experience, and they support the
> conclusion.
>
> My IEEE membership doesn't include the groups with the papers of
> interest so getting the references is expensive.  However, I did find a
> "public" powerpoint that may be of interest
> http://ewh.ieee.org/r3/nashville/events/2011/Lightning%20Protection%2005-03-11.pdf
>
>
> Jim, if you have institutional access to the IEEExplore library, would
> you revise the wiki Ufer entry?
>
> Grant  KZ1W
>



I have all the papers, but I am loathe to revise the Wiki.  I've done 
that before with other entries, and folks just revert the changes out. 
I'll give it a shot though.