[TowerTalk] Shack to service entrance ground

[K8ZM]

Thanks to everyone that replied !!

Brad, K8ZM

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On Sat, Aug 19, 2023 at 12:19 AM K8ZM <k8zm at oh.rr.com> wrote:

Here is a poor no-scale sketch......hopefully it will come through proportionally....

1)  Shack is at opposite side of house from service entrance, tower is at rear corner of back yard
2)  All coax/control lines run through 4" PVC pipe 110 Ft long in a straight line from Shack (X) to Tower (Z).
3)  Tower (Z) to Service Entrance (Y) is 100 Ft.
4)  Shack (X) to Service entrance (Y) is 120 Ft following the rear perimeter of the house
5)  Tower has (3) ground rods, (1) at each leg, none tied back to service ground (yet)
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|Shack Entrance					|
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					I	Driveway	 I
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On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 10:34 AM K8ZM <k8zm at oh.rr.com> wrote:

I am getting close to my project of completely re-doing all coax and control cables entering the shack and "finally" have almost everything.  I'll be
installing an 8 Ft (5/8" Dia) ground rod at the shack entrance and need to tie that to my service entrance ground however my service entrance is 100 Ft
from the shack so extending that and burying it will be a PITA but necessary none-the-less.  Loaned or misplaced my NEC book but I had planned running 6
Ga stranded copper wire to tie both ground rods together.  Is code 6 Ga or 4 Ga ??

Funny but I keep thinking this will end up being an "exercise" as everything
works like a champ as it is, just changing coax lengths I fear will cause
all kinds of grief..it shouldn't but..

Thanks,

Brad, K8ZM