Lightning protection [RE-wrenches]

[Darryl Thayer]

--- "Travis Creswell, Ozark Solar" <ozsolar at ipa.net>
wrote:
> How does one drive a ground rod 80'?   Must be very
sandy soil which
> explains the need for such
> a long ground rod.

Yes, I used a Bosch electric pavement breaker with a
ground rod driver attachment. 
> In trouble spots around here the utilities will
> auger a hole in the soil
> then pack it with bentonite (sp?) clay and drive the
> ground rod in that.
> Travis

That sounds like a good idea, however prior to driving
the 80 foot rods, I buried 300 feet of 2/0 bare wire
to no benifit.  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl Thayer [mailto:daryl_solar at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 9:19 AM
> Subject: RE: Lightning protection [RE-wrenches]
> 
> The soil was sandy, the site was remote from the
> standalone house, the house had a well, but the 
> site 600 feet away did not.  

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