Ufer grounds (was: aluminum in concrete) [RE-wrenches]

[Kurt Albershardt]

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--On Monday, November 03, 2003 2:08 PM -0800 mlafferty at universalenergies.com wrote:
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> Don't ask me why it's OK to pour a bare copper wire into a footing
> for a UFER ground.

I've usually seen them done with exposed rebar ends, hydraulically cripmed/swaged to copper.

Wondering what the impact of the coated rebar now commonly used in many places is on the conductivity?

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