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Re: [TCML] Treating RF feedback



HI Brandon
Being a ham operator and tesla coil, I will tell you what I would do. If you can get at lease 4ft in the ground that will work but do 2 ground rods at lease 4 ft apart. you have to be the length of the ground rod apart from each other min. More the 4 ft. would be better. Done not run one wire and go from one to another. Run 2 separate wire's to each one, with them coming to a common spot. I mounted a wall outlet in my shop with nothing hook to it but the ground wire's only. Than when I use my Tesla coil I plug my ground in that outlet only. If you use 3 short ground rod's use 3 separate wire's. But the deeper
the ground rod the better.
alton
w5als




On 3/17/2013 3:45 PM, Brandon Hendershot wrote:
Hi All,

With the renovation of my coil nearly complete, I'll need to address the
old issue of electrical appliances going haywire whenever I run my coil.
At the time I didn't have a proper RF ground, only a counterpoise. On
separate occasions, I'd have the jacuzzi tub turning on or the sprinkler
system switching the sprinkler heads like pinball paddles. My hunch was RF
interference which the list seemed to support.
I'm currently attempting to install a 10' ground rod but that's proving
difficult with my dry rocky soil. Since my deadline is fast approaching I
may need to rely on the counterpoise once again and I want to make sure I
don't go fizzling all the fancy electronics we've acquired in the past
years since I retired my coil.

On a separate topic, any bright ideas on getting a 3/4" copper pipe backed
with city water pressure through a boulder?

Thanks,
Brandon H.
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