Re: NST Ground, RF ground, the whole bit...seperate issure

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 7/16/01 9:51:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
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> Original poster: "CJ Moore by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" < 
> wizard1234-at-home-dot-com> 
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> I live in a pathetic suburb and can't go outside and drive a copper pipe 10 
> feet under the ground, I can barely operate a tesla coil in the confines of 
> my own garage. What should I do for my RF ground? Is it necessary? In 
> previous coils, I just taped a 2 gauge copper wire to the cement floor of my 
> garage and used that as a ground. Is this not enough? 
>
> CJ Moore 
> 60871583 
>



Hi CJ, 
        I used a masonry drill to put a 1/2 in. hole in my garage floor and 
then pounded in a 5/8 in. x 4 ft grounding rod until only 2 in. remained 
above floor level. My basement floor has a similar hole and rod in an 
inconspicuous corner. In each case, 4 ft was plenty of depth. If you live in 
a rental unit, or worst of all a Condo, which combines most of the 
restrictions of apartment dwelling with all the liability of home ownership, 
then a 4ft x 4ft thin metal plate or wire mesh under the coil is about all 
you can do. 

Matt D.