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Re: Radial Horizontal Ground Rods (RHGRs :-)
From: Sulaiman Abdullah[SMTP:sulabd-at-hotmail-dot-com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 1997 6:00 AM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Radial Horizontal Ground Rods (RHGRs :-)
Greetings, I suspect the "best" horizontal grounding would be as if
you were building an r.f. transmitter, i.e. the horizontal elements
should be 1/4 wavelength long, the same as the length of wire used to
wind your secondary coil. (or as long as possible if not achievable)
Sulaiman.
>To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
>Subject: Radial Horizontal Ground Rods (RHGRs :-)
>Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 08:48:59 -0600
>From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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>From: Adam[SMTP:absmith-at-tiac-dot-net]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 8:16 PM
>To: tesla list
>Subject: Radial Horizontal Ground Rods (RHGRs :-)
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>OK, I have probed all over my yard, and it is so seriously
boulder-filled
>that driving a ground rod deeper than 16" is impossible. My home is
>surrounded by stone walls, since everytime the house is added onto, the
>builders unearth hundreds of rocks in the 20-500lb range.
>
>So, I have decided to try using three 8' 1/2" ground rods radiating out
>from my coil location, buried horizontally about 6" below the ground
>surface along with a decent amount of rock salt (NaCl, not the CaCl2
>kind) to help out. All connections are now 2" wide copper flashing
>strips (previously #4 DC cable). As soon as the weather is nice
enough
>for me to move my coil outside, I will let you all know how this works.
>
>I am still open to suggestions on what other shallow-ground techniques
>might be worth while- maybe burying long and wide copper flashing
strips?
>
>-Adam
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