Installation details [RE-wrenches]

matthew tritt solarone at charter.net
Tue Nov 26 08:47:38 PST 2002


Tom,

This was my exact comment a few days ago. Nobody replied to my observation,
will they to yours, or is this some kind of political subject? :-)

Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Simko" <tom at skylinesolar.com>
To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 6:58 AM
Subject: Re: Installation details [RE-wrenches]


> on 11/24/02 9:08 PM, reidworth at aol.com at reidworth at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Wrong- Wrong- Wrong -Wrong -wrong oh so wrong. get the Micheal Holt book
on
> > understanding the NEC. Then you may Repent.
> >
> >
> Wrong, wrong, not so wrong maybe....
>
>  Now that I am a UFER ground expert,(thats a joke) thanks to the input of
> the group, most of it less annoying then the above, I still have a problem
> with the installation picturing the bare copper ground wire being poured
> over with no rebar in sight.  The info on the UFER ground I've read
> indicates that the copper should be bonded to the steel rebar OUTSIDE the
> pour, and the rebar, which has none of the issues of flaking or corrosion
> within the concrete as copper may, (especially if calcium was added to the
> mix as an accelerator for a cold weather pour, common in the north),
> completes the ground path through the foundation. This assumes the rebar
is
> contiguous, as it should be if installed  correctly. Comments?
>
> Tom Simko
> Skyline Solar
>
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