[TowerTalk] Ground Rod Replacement

Ken wa8jxm at gmail.com
Sun Aug 16 02:23:14 EDT 2015


On 8/15/15 9:08 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Does corrosion make them not effective?

I recently pulled a galvanized ground rod (a secondary power panel ground).

In the 2' to 3' below ground section, more than half the rod was gone.  
This was in less than 10 years.  A few more years and it would have 
separated.  Yes, I would say it was definitely not effective.

Ken WA8JXM


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