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Re: Ground Rods & Secondary Leads: How long is too long??



Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

At 11:44 AM 10/30/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "robert heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>
>
>The max lead length is reached when you approach 1/4 wanelength of the wire.
>At 1/8 wavelength of the wire you start problems. Please note my use of the
>tern "wire length" not free space length. The two are NOT the same. Wire
>length is much less because of capacitance and other factors. less 20%
>      Robert  H

And an 1/8 wavelength at 300 kHz is 125 meters...  Unlikely that your 
ground wire is going to be that long...