[bars] Shack Grounding

[Larry Krainson]

Rob, check out this link.  https://youtu.be/Qgh0Kds-nJo  Go to about the 40
minute mark and watch K1YYM's presentation. He is a new ham that just set
up a grounding system that may interest you. Of course you're welcome to
watch the rest of the video too.

Best 73,

Larry, W1AST

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On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 6:46 PM Robert Montgomery <
rob.montgomery69 at outlook.com> wrote:

> Good evening everyone,
>
> New ham here and I'm in the process of grounding my shack and have a few
> questions.
> I've already grounded everything in my shack to a copper bar with the
> braided straps.
>
> I do not have an outside electrical service ground.
> The ground wire goes inside and terminates in the electrical panel.
> Coming out of the electrical panel I have a 6 gauge grounding wire which
> connects to my incoming copper water line from the street.
>
> The electrical panel is 10' closer to my shack setup than the water pipe.
> Since the grounding wire connected to the water line goes directly into
> the electrical panel, my plan was to connect my inside shack ground to the
> electrical panel.
>
> My only thought is that if I do take an indirect lightning strike, if the
> wire goes to the electrical panel, could reek some havoc in panel or would
> it be smarter to go directly to the water pipe.
> Would love to hear everyone thoughts on this.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rob
> KC1QKU
>
>
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