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Re: RF ground - Call Before You Dig!



Original poster: "Brian" <ka1bbg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Yes, in New England its Dig Safe...cul brian f.
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:11 PM
Subject: RF ground - Call Before You Dig!


> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi, > > At 07:16 PM 6/28/2005, you wrote: > > I then pounded an 8 foot copper rod down until I had about 1.5" sticking up. > > BTW - Before you pound in that big stake... It is a "real good idea", and > often a "law" now, to get a hold of your state's "one call" or "Call Before > You Dig!" folks: > > http://www.uncc2.org/excavators/index.shtml > > You call this place, totally for free, and in the next very few days all > kinds of interesting utility folks will drop by and make sure you are NOT > going to hit gas, electric, sewer, cable, telephone, etc. lines that are > buried. Utilities are often required to do this free since nobody wants > you hitting that big underground high-pressure LNG pipeline the realtor > forgot to tell you about and incinerating half the town... If you hit say > a water line under your garage floor, you could be in deep S as that > backhoe rips out your flooding garage floor... > > Calling this place makes it so you are not "liable" for a bunch of nasty > things too... A friend of mine ripped out a cable TV line and took out 1/2 > his neighbor's TVs for a week with a garden tiller... The TV place was > "real mad!!" and going to charge him bad until they found out he "did" call > and they missed it... They "quietly" came and re-buried the line 8 feet > deep (to code) the "second" time... I have called mine recently and it is > very easy and fun! I knew there was nothing there, but it is no big deal > at all just to be "official"... > > You can usually Google search for "one call" plus your state's name for > local details... The number to call is probably stamped all over your > local utility trucks too. They take it "real serious" here!!! > > Be sure to tell them you are installing a Tesla coil. "A what?...." A > "T-E-S-L-A C-O-I-L"... "...Is that like a concrete foundation > trench?"...... They will type it into the computer right if you "spell it > out" ;-)) Be interesting to see if the FBI, police, and DHS show up too* > :o))) A "Tesla coil installation" will be sure to bring out the "best > folks" from the utilities that will really be "into it" ;-)) "This guy on > Plum street is installing a "T-E-S-L-A C-O-I-L"... OH!!!! Yeah > boss!! I'll take that one!!!!! "Ahhhh,... OK Joe,... that one is > yours...." :o))) > > Cheers, > > Terry > > *Just tell them "It is a secret Tesla weapon to incinerate terrorists > 'without wires', you won't understand it, and don't go telling nobody about > it!!" >:o)))) > > > > > > >