Originally Posted by
Marco
Earth rods plunged into my garden and connected to the dedicated consumer unit I use for my hi-fi; the difference that made was amazing in terms of how it lowered the impedance on my mains supply (particularly when kept wet) and the way in which this impacted on the performance of my system.
Marco,
If you need to keep them wet by 'watering them', then I'm afraid you've not installed then correctly mate!
I'm guessing they've been 'hammered' into the soil vertically? If so, that's not the way to do it!
Best way (and no-one ever does this) is to dig a deep trench long enough for the rod to be buried horizontally. It needs to be deep enough for the soil to be permanently wet, or at least damp, and covered in a generous layer (all around the rod) of carbon. Crushed BBQ charcoal is excellent.
Then refill the trench while seriously compacting the soil as you go. Viola! One very consistent earth!
Unfortunately it will still corrode away in time and need to be replaced.
It's a ball ache, but worth it.
Shian7
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Kudakutemo
kudakutemo
ari mizu-no tsuki
Though it be be broken -
broken again - still it's there:
the moon on the water.
- Choshu.