Re: driving copper pipe

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


They sell copper ground rods at any local Home Depot for about $5.00 each.
They are typically copper plated steel rods or similar which work very well
for low to high power tesla coils.  No need to use actual copper pipe and
fill with cement.  Just buy one of those 6 to 8 foot long ground rods and
pound into
ground with a sledge hammer.

The Captain


 > I'm sure many of you know how hard it is to drive long pieces of copper
 > pipe into hard ground to make an RF ground, such as my yard which has a
lot
 > of clay in it.  I was wondering if it would be alright to fill a 5' piece
 > of .5" or .75" copper pipe with quick cement to make it sturdy enough to
 > pound into the ground.  If not what other method could I use to get the
 > pipe into the ground?
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