Cad-weld isn’t expensive — $11-15 per weld depending on where you buy the stuff. Typically sold in kits of 6 one-shot crucibles, and available for varying ground wire sizes on 1/2” or 5/8” ground rods.
Grant NQ5T > On Jun 5, 2020, at 11:17 AM, Phil Kane <k2...@kanafi.org> wrote: > > On 6/4/2020 8:50 PM, Ed Tanton wrote: > >> I should have mentioned that. I strip 5 or 6 inches of insulation. That >> was why I cleaned the top of the ground rod and sprayed it with >> electrical lubricant. I used a stainless steel hose clamp to hold the >> stripped wires against the ground rod at each end of the stripped wire >> portions. The next part is what I wrote about to start with. > > Thank you for explaining that. For our commercial and public safety > communication site grounding systems our firm insists on cad-weld at all > exposed and buried connection points but I would suspect that very few > hams, let alone residential or even commercial electricians, would go to > that length. My mentor in that area, the late Tom Croda, who during his > lifetime was the national expert in comm site power and grounding, would > not settle for anything less. > > 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane > Elecraft K2/100 s/n 5402 > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
