Re: [TCML] Grounding Coil to Water Pipe

[jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

It may work, but I would worry about other things being grounded to the water pipe as well , along with the pipe itself not actually being connected to a good ground elsewhere. 

But don't put my 2 cents first on this one, i would wait for other list members to chime in. 


Thanks, 
John "Jay" Howson IV 


"Why thank you, I will be happy to take those electrons off you hands." 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Hendershot" <brandonhendershot@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 5:01:49 PM 
Subject: [TCML] Grounding Coil to Water Pipe 

Hi Everyone, 

I got DirecTV the other day and notice that the installer grounded the satellite dish to the protruding water pipe leading up to my garden hose. I'd never thought to ground there before! But I've got a few things I'd like to run by you all before I try it there; 

1. The running water shouldn't be affected by the coil due to the 'skin effect' factor. It should limit the current only to the surface of the pipe, right? 
2. The satellite ground should be disconnected before powering on the coil, right? Seems like a bad idea to pump thousands of volts into a satellite dish ;P 
3. The pipe should provide sufficient RF ground, yeah? 

I've searched the list, but I didn't see anything particularly definitive on the subject... 

Thanks everybody! 
Brandon 
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