[TowerTalk] Fwd: Fwd: Fwd: Screw Anchor Experience

[K8RI]

On 6/22/2013 12:27 AM, Hans Hammarquist wrote:
> I believe the screw anchor is good enough by itself to act grounding rod. I, myself, did not put any grounding rods at the guy anchors but I used nine (9) grounding rods around the foot of the tower. These rod are not copper rods but galvanized steel. I also have galvanizes steel rods holding the tower in place. I think I have enough grounding. I, needless to say, do not have enough for a direct hit though. Who does?
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The guy anchor should not serve as a ground for any thing, so it should 
not need a ground rod either.

The guy, if metal,should have an insulator near the anchor, preventing 
the anchor as serving as a ground.

Several of us have stated the circuit consisting of ground, tower, guy, 
guy anchor, and ground must be broken with an insulator, preventing the 
round rod as serving as a battery that eats itself up by serving as one 
of the electrodes. If this is done there is no need for a sacrificial 
electrode.

Keeping it simple is often the most reliable.

73

Roger (K8RI)


> Hans - N2JFS
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Robinson <markrob at mindspring.com>
> To: Hans Hammarquist <hanslg at aol.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 20, 2013 9:03 pm
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd:  Fwd:  Screw Anchor Experience
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> Do you think I should pull the copper rods and install galvanized steel
> ground rods instead?
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> Mark N1UK
><whole lot of snipping>