Well a few years ago when I had my service upgraded the electrician ran into
that scenario. With my home built into the side of the mountain he could not
drive the 8' rod so he cut it into two 4' sections and put them about 4"
apart. According to code at that time you needed 8' but it did not ha
Tony
This tool you are talking about is called a post hole driver. And so here we
go again with odd terms.
I don't know why it is called a post hole driver you are not driving a hole
you are driving a post but any way that is what I have always heard them
called.
I want to get me one next year. I u
Greetings all, I remember in our very first home . a place built in the
late 1800's. We needed a new wall outlet in the kitchen and all I could
find in the store was a three prong plug type of outlet. the one which
I was pulling out of the wall was of course for two prongs and I
remember
Dave, interesting reading and very true that electric power is" silent
but deadly" . that Earth connection may relate to issues where old
homes in the country or other settings are being only partially
upgraded. thanks Lee
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Here you are allowed to saw the ground rod off if you bury it to the point
you can't pull it out by hand. Also, there is a tool that can also be used
for metal fence posts. It's a heavy pipe, sealed on end and with handles.
You put it over the top of the ground rod and slam it repeatedly until yo
There must be many places where you couldn't drive an 8 foot rod into the
ground because of obstructions like boulders or even bed rock. Takes a pretty
tall fellow to do that as well.
Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada
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Welcome Dave and Sally to this list. I am from the middle to upper part
of New York State just about 103 miles up from New York City. I will
look forward to your postings here. Lee
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The last 2 houses that I did a complete rewire job on (from the weather head
through, including meter socket, breaker box, ect and these had to be
inspected, the code was to have 2 ground rods 8 feet long no farther than 5
feet apart driven into the ground for grounding the system..
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Go Larry and hope that Vette places right up front. Lee
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I picked up a basin wrench a few months back. I didn't have a need for
one at the moment, but it is one of those tools that when you need it, it
is handy as hell.
the one I have has a head that has a flexible jaw that is spring loaded so
it can open and close to fit most common sizes. It has
Last summer I had the electric meter moved and they replaced my ground
while they were at it. They ran a heavy Copper line across the basement
and to the far side of the water meter. They also ran a heavy Copper line
through the basement wall and attached to a ground spike. So I think
curren
hi john, you are similar to us here in the uk. the only diffirence is that you
are 60 hz and we are 50. but that wont make any diffirence in what you want to
do.
from my point of view, if it were me i would run in at least a
30 amp radial circuit (sometimes known as a sub main,
but you may con
Welcome John to our little band of repair people. That voltage you folks use is
sort of scary to say the least, but then again I never mess with juice unless
it's turned off first. I don't post much but I'm one of the guys who keeps this
thing on track.
David Ferrin
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G'day Dave & Sally,
John in Melbourne Australia here, I'm also a newboy to the list and I have
enjoyed reading your, and all other Blind Handyman posts. Good luck with
that new lawn and petrol mower. Here, because we've been in severe drought
for 10 years, I'm digging up my old brown weed crop
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