Return-Path: Received: from mtain-me10.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-me10.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.96.146]) by air-da06.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINDA064-86664d53de101af; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:46:08 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [195.171.43.25]) by mtain-me10.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id BF35A3800017E; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:46:06 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1PnVtj-00067B-J6 for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:45:23 +0000 Received: from [195.171.43.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1PnVtj-000672-7R for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:45:23 +0000 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1PnVth-00088F-KP for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:45:23 +0000 Received: from clive-lortons-macbook-2.local (host-92-26-88-134.static.as13285.net [92.26.88.134]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrbap2) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lf0KF-1QTS9k2fLL-00q8BR; Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:45:15 +0100 Message-ID: <4D53DDD9.8010702@thelortons.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:45:13 +0000 From: Clive Lorton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101207 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <4D53AE84.6932.312944@jurgenb2.3sdesign.de> In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:6NLAyOPxO1c/pkybIEpXqez0uq3qZpMGdpZfR1dOpXw o49OmSqf+52xJpBRavCnTBNveiqIpkgE2yB+1ISEJ3ftBNckdS AX55Vti3MQQ9/4ud68fj8YmyXxnn2J+2NzTcE6QTaWhi9v2Exb ILeaVtUh5mtKy+JknVjveJPNieW/zsFOZmhksjo0gxTj0D/gGC 6EU0FCyBRc4PltdDUM/PGdlHUn6FcNFSryogIr9sTI= X-Spam-Score: 1.4 (+) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,RATWARE_GECKO_BUILD=1.426 Subject: Re: LF: how to get ground rod ressitance low Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d60924d53de0e120f X-AOL-IP: 195.171.43.25 X-AOL-SPF: domain : blacksheep.org SPF : none X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) On 10/02/2011 10:56, Andy Talbot wrote: > Each rod consisted of as much 15mm copper water pipe as I could bash > in before it buckled, typically 0.6 to 0.8m each. Hi, When discussing earthing systems using 15mm pipe a friend said that they connected a garden hose to the end of the pipe and ran water through whilst pushing the pipe in. I believe they got further than a meter. Of course not any good if your /P, unless you've a long hose :) Clive G8POC