[TowerTalk] Ground wire between tower and ground stakes

[Patrick Greenlee]

In many cases the insulation on wires does not last too long exposed to 
UV and other destructive forces.  Yes, you could sleeve it with 
UV/weather resistant sleeve material but why bother?  What is the 
attraction of stranded vs more robust solid, if repetitive 
bending/flexing is not a factor?

Interconnecting wires running from ground rod to ground rod should not 
pose a repetitive flexing/bending problem.

An argument in favor of stranded wire where corrosion is not an issue 
would be something like, "I have the wire already", or "I found some at 
a bargain price", or...

Patrick        NJ5G

On 11/15/2017 9:24 AM, Jeff wrote:
> What about insulated stranded?  You give up some of the ground to 
> conductor surface area but the wire compared to the rods is a pretty 
> minimal part of the network.  Right?
>
> 73/jeff/ac0c
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> alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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> -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Greenlee
> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 7:27 AM
> To: towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Ground wire between tower and ground stakes
>
> Voting frequently does not select the best choice. (Ref, several
> presidential elections)
>
> Solid wire is clearly superior for corrosion resistance  (hence longer
> life in adverse environment) but is not best if it has to flex. Flexing
> is where stranded is king.
>
> Patrick        NJ5G
>
> On 11/14/2017 5:26 PM, Chris Hoelzle wrote:
>> Hello TT's
>>
>>
>> I am getting ready to order my ground wire. I have seen conflicting
>> information about the type of wire to go between the tower and the 
>> ground
>> rods.
>>
>>
>> I had been planning on going with Solid AWG 2, but then I saw some 
>> pictures
>> of folks using stranded.
>>
>>
>> Could I get a vote on which type of wire is commonly used for most 
>> amateur
>> tower applications
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> W7MI
>>
>> Chris Hoelzle
>> choelzle at cox.net
>> Bandon, OR
>>
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