[TowerTalk] One Shots

[Bryan Fields]

On 8/27/19 10:55 PM, Neal Sulmeyer wrote:
> While on the subject, rather than using the "one shot" units, has anyone
> used the  reusable ceramic molds?  I expect to use between 30 and 40 ground
> rods for my towers and shack ground systems.  It seems to me to be much
> more economical to use the reusable molds.

I found it was much easier to use some silver solder and a torch to attach the
#4 AWG wire to my ground rods.  I have a nice rose tip, heat the rods, put
some silver solder in the connection, and it's solid.  It does take some time
to learn the technique, but if you have a small torch, it's much
faster/easier/cheaper to do.

I put in 14 rods around my home here and was done in under 3 hours.  Measured
ground resistance is 0.13 Ohms :)

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