I live here in the "ROCKY MOUNTAINS " of Montana. Would you willing tocome drive some ground rods in for me LOL😂? I think my ground system is wrong. My inspector had me run 2 8' rods in 4' apart at my new power line for my new shop (where the ham shack is located). I guess in the spring I will have too add a 3rd. I Appreciate the time invested in making your videos. Thank you. Maurice N7NHS
We need someone to do a video with the VK version of Grounding a radio shack, I know its different to the USA, We have a completely different Earth leakage safety system, plus higher Voltage for a start.
The 2nd ground rod, done by the electrician, you mentioned it was 6 feet away from the initial house ground rod. What is the size of that 2nd ground rod? The reason I'm asking is that later you mention that the 3 new ground rods you will install all have 8 feet and you will space them 16 feet apart....
I'm curious why he went away installing that many rods, if one outside the shack bonded to the house's ground outside the service panel should be enough?
you still have that coax cable coming into the house and that will bring in unwanted power into the house. Good ground stragy will safely get rid of rid and keep you safe.
The only reason I want to ground MY shack is because I encounter light-duty RF on occasion. I'm tired of having to 'slap' my gear every time I want to touch it so I don't get a 'shocklett'. Otherwise, yeah, I just unplug everything if there is going to be an electrical storm. Here in northern NV, we get very few of those. I may just 'bond' all my gear with some wire between each one just to even out the difference in leaks. And how come you need more than one ground rod?
Great job! It was a big relief after I grounded and bonded it all. 👏
Cudos for going the extra mile to do it right. Bonding the shack rod to your mains rod is the step I , uh, haven't gotten to yet.
Thank you sir, its was a all day job and it was fun.
I’m lucky, 12” of black dirt then clay, took me about one minute per rod, using the rotary drills are nice
its the texas clay and rocks. its hard to get through
Tank radio: Its like Jack Black and a Lady ham had a baby
I coudn't say it better myself. LOL
@@TankRadio keep being you bro love it
I spent $100 and bought an impact driver and a ground rod bit. drove that rod like a hot knife into butter.
The bit was $53 at homeDepot. That Demo 20lb Hammber is what you need in texas
I live here in the "ROCKY MOUNTAINS " of Montana. Would you willing tocome drive some ground rods in for me LOL😂? I think my ground system is wrong. My inspector had me run 2 8' rods in 4' apart at my new power line for my new shop (where the ham shack is located). I guess in the spring I will have too add a 3rd. I Appreciate the time invested in making your videos. Thank you. Maurice N7NHS
The guy that set your sprinklers, followed the same math you did.
I installed my sprinkler system.
@@TankRadio Well that why they were near where you wanted to place ground rods. 🤣 Good idea of using hammer drill. Work smarter not harder.
We need someone to do a video with the VK version of Grounding a radio shack, I know its different to the USA, We have a completely different Earth leakage safety system, plus higher Voltage for a start.
That's interesting, maybe @HamRadioDX should do something about this lighting rod subject 🤔
The 2nd ground rod, done by the electrician, you mentioned it was 6 feet away from the initial house ground rod. What is the size of that 2nd ground rod? The reason I'm asking is that later you mention that the 3 new ground rods you will install all have 8 feet and you will space them 16 feet apart....
Do you remember the model of sds drill?
Here is the rental link i was (www.homedepot.com/p/rental/Makita-27-LB-Demolition-Hammer-HM1214C/316821943)
I'm curious why he went away installing that many rods, if one outside the shack bonded to the house's ground outside the service panel should be enough?
Waste of time and money. Forget that grounding and bonding nonsense. Just unplug everything when it’s not in use.
you still have that coax cable coming into the house and that will bring in unwanted power into the house. Good ground stragy will safely get rid of rid and keep you safe.
The only reason I want to ground MY shack is because I encounter light-duty RF on occasion. I'm tired of having to 'slap' my gear every time I want to touch it so I don't get a 'shocklett'. Otherwise, yeah, I just unplug everything if there is going to be an electrical storm. Here in northern NV, we get very few of those. I may just 'bond' all my gear with some wire between each one just to even out the difference in leaks. And how come you need more than one ground rod?