July meeting

[Chip Fetrow]

And, at MINIMUM, three 6-10 foot long ground rods, about five feet out  
from the pole, spaced 120 degrees apart.  The pole should be connected  
to the ground rods by 00 copper (minimum).  Cad Welding would be a  
good idea, but I believe I would bolt to the pole.

People might disagree with this, but I would put a ring of 00 copper  
connecting those ground rods, then run 00 copper back to the house  
ground rod -- outside only.  Of course, all the utilities should be  
connected to that common ground rod.  The idea is that the entire  
facility should rise in Voltage together without the current through  
the ground causing large Voltage differences.

--chip

> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:42:24 -0400
> From: Mike O'Dell <mo at 131.ccr.org>
> To: "Bob Rice, KG4RRN" <kg4rrn at yahoo.com>
>
> you might consider adding a corona brush to the top
> of the flagpole - all the points really do help drain away the charge,
> which is what lightning rods really do - help dissipate the
> ground charge before it gets high enough to flash-up a leader.
>
>       -mo

>> Message: 5
>> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:24:10 -0700 (PDT)
>> From: "Bob Rice, KG4RRN" <kg4rrn at yahoo.com>
>> To: Paul L Rinaldo <prinaldo at cox.net>, tacos at amrad.org
>> Subject: Re: July meeting
>> [...]
>> We also installed a new Lightning Arrestor for the house-its a 20  
>> foot aluminum flagpole.
>> Thats the news, thanks for the memories....
>>
>> Bob Rice, KG4RRN
>> kg4rrn at arrl.net