Re: Ground rod Connection Point

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

You'll find that you really don't need the kind of ground that you think you
need.
Even for my 3.5kW portable coil, i typically usually just tie a knot around
a single 3ft ground rod in the ground in my patio of my townhouse when i run
it.  I've run the 3.5kW coil with
both large ground strap and also with 14 AWG stranded wire with no
concernible differences in performance.



 > Hi group,
 >      Just had a quick question regarding the connection point of the
bottom
 > of the secondary with the ground rod.  My system is a 1.8 kVA conventional
 > TC.  My question is: can I tap a hole in the center of a copper clad
ground
 > rod or should I somehow press a ground strap against the ground rod?  If I
 > tap a hole in the ground rod, I am not sure if the connection point will
be
 > making full use of the copper plating (higher conductivity).  But if I
 > somehow wrap a strap around the copper plating of the rod will that give
me
 > a lower loss ground?  Or does it really not matter.
 >      Another quick question:  will a brass strap make a good ground strap
or
 > is copper far superior.  I know that brass is made from copper, but I am
not
 > sure if the added element (tin I think) would slow those electrons down a
 > lot.  I could be making a big deal out of nothing, but I am just looking
to
 > get the best performance out of my TC.  Thanks to everyone in advance.
 >
 > Jeremy Gassmann
 > Cincinnati, Oh
 > http://jeremyee.tripod-dot-com
 >
 >