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RE: grounding question
Greets,
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> Subject: Re: grounding question
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> Original Poster: CTCDW-at-aol-dot-com
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> Kelly,
>
> I don't know if this would be of any assistance, but when I am running my
> coil outside, I ground to the metal well casing that the well
> drillers drive
> into the ground. My understanding is that they go all the way to
> the bedrock.
Here in Virginia US the well casing is mandatory 100 feet down in
the earth. However I am wondering that maybe the wires going to
the well pump is also connected to the house main ground.
> I have heard of other coilers using cars, and other large metal
> objects which
> would have a very large capacitance as a ground, even if they are not
> actually connected to the earth itself. I would think it depends
> on the coil
I believe Nikola Tesla himself did experiments on this,
ah but beware because I betcha if you/someone touches that large
metal object during operation ... uuuuuuuuggg. I would recomend
against a vehicle though, due to the fact most vehicles have a
lot of sensitive electronics in them. When I had very little
power going to my TC and before I gained a lot of insight from
this list, I grounded to a metal bookshelf. It worked however
I think the ground rod is probably a more suitable answer.
> size, too. i would be interested in any opinions on the grounding to non
> "grounded" metal objects from other folks, if I am incorrect about this.
>
> Chris
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Kelly have you checked to make sure your grounding wire has
not come loose from your grounding rod? My understanding is
if all is connected up properly then the rain should have
helped your ground rod perform better, not have made it worse.
Bill Parn