More on concrete and....grounding [RE-wrenches]

[Allan Sindelar]

Dave,
This is an indirect answer that may help. I did a Google search on the Ufer
ground, which is probably what the electrician was referring to. He may well
be right, although I don't know enough about it. Check out:
http://www.psihq.com/iread/download/ufergrnd.doc. Let us know what you
think, please.
Allan at +E

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Blecker" <blecker at seventhgenergy.org>
> but now he says he wants the ground rods at each of the tower legs (Rohn
> SSV) sunk in the foundation concrete because he was told by "an
> electrician" that you get a better ground that way.  I think he and the
> electrician are nuts.  While I haven't meggered concrete recently, it
> strikes me that it is an insulator - not an conductor -- and would
> therefore offer poor grounding to earth and be a really dumb thing to do.
>
> I'd be happy to be proved wrong and learn something new, so what say ye
> grounding guru's?  Concrete or no concrete?  Thanks!

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