Re: water pipe RF ground. in an apartment! (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 21:26:49 +0800
From: Peter Terren <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: water pipe RF ground. in an apartment!

I would be rather pissed if I lived in an appartment and someone ran a TC 6 
feet below me.  It will be noisy and will threaten my computer equipment, TV 
reception and Hi Fi equipment. Let alone a potential safety risk.
Expect other tenants and apartment owners to be pissed also.
Run it in a Faraday cage or not at all.  A cage is not hard to build.
I live in a country block distant from neighbours and I still notify them if 
I am going to do something disturbing.

Peter
http://tesladownunder.com


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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:13:51 -0500
From: Glen McGowan <glen.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: water pipe RF ground. (fwd)

Will a counterpoise work if you live on the second or third floor?  For some
reason I had it in my mind that a counterpoise had to be laying close to
earth not suspended in mid air (relative to earth ground).  I suspect a fair
bit of education is heading my way.  :D

I used a counterpoise briefly in my garage until the water/gas pipe caught
my eye. I'm actually clamped on where it physically comes up from the dirt
into the house.

On 8/30/07, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:30:09 -0700
> From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: water pipe RF ground. (fwd)
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> Hi Scott,
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> To check it, measure the resistance from ground to pipe. In an apartment
> there's just not a good RF Ground available. It's either copper piping,
> mains ground, or a counterpoise. None are ideal. Water pipe and mains
> ground both have a possibility of coming in contact with others in the
> apartment complex. A counterpoise does not and might be a safer solution
> from a human safety standpoint given the limited options.
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> Take care,
> Bart
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> Tesla list wrote:
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> >Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:47:27 -0400
> >From: Scott Bogard <teslas-intern@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: water pipe RF ground.
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> >Hey guys,
> >     Just one quick question, would it be a bad idea to use the cold
> water
> >pipe (feeding into the hot water heater) as an RF ground for TC stuff in
> my
> >apartment?  As far as I know it is copper all the way to the source, but
> I
> >am not entirely sure.
> >Scott Bogard.
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