[TCML] Grounding

[dave pierson]

> ... Is it possible to ground my 12/60 tesla coil using a body of
> water such as a quarry?  I was thinking about using both leads
> on a long extension cord
   What wire gauge?
   How long?
   (The shorter the better...)

> which would be attached to a copper pipe which then could be placed
> in the water.  The other end would go to my ground for my coil.
   I've never tried something like that, but seems it should work.

> My reason is that I would like to shoe my coil to
> my dive club and I don't want to go pounding in ground rods, and there
> are no other pipes or drain pipes to hook to. 		 	   		 
   I'd keep the divers out of the water...
   8)>>
   dwp