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Re: RF GROUNDING
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To: tesla@grendel.objinc.com
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Subject: Re: RF GROUNDING
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From: Marcus Young <marcusy@ozemail.com.au>
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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 04:15:22 -0600
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>The conversation worked it's way around to RF grounds and ground
>pathing...
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>> Also, should I then replace the braided ground wire for my
>> secondary with something solid or stranded? (Chip)
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> > The lowest resistance conductor you can find is best!
> > Also as short a run of the conductor as possible.
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>Agreed!
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> > I will use an 8 foot earth rod directly underneath the
> > secondary. The base of L2 will be literally soldered to the
> > earth rod. I reccomend drilling a hole in the garage
> > floor, and hammering that sucker as deep as you can....just
> > where you want it! :) Just ideas.........
Well, mabye a few extra rods. The soil here has so much iron in
it that you can pick it up with a magnet and is very moist.
Could this help conductivity.
>A single 8 foot earthed rod is woefully insufficient for a 5 kVA
>Tesla setup....
I kind of liked the old buried plate idea. I could still do that
if I cant find smewhere to run indoors (unlikley) I actually have a
battered old 20m coil of flashing. No good for caps, but an earth....
The posting is interesting.
Marcus