[mythtv-users] Antennas

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Fri Nov 15 21:40:35 UTC 2013


On 11/15/13 3:35 PM, Joseph Fry wrote:
>>>>> 1.1. If you don't see the ground rod it may be buried, you should see
>>>>> a 6 guage or larger cable running from your panel into the ground
>>>>> outside just dig it up and follow it, shouldn't be too long.
>>>> Older homes in the US do not have ground rods in many areas. The ground
>>>> was accomplished using water pipes. In that case, it is strongly
>>>> recommended to install at least an 8 foot grounding rod (deeper if you
>>>> are in a dry area).
>>> True.. and you still need to bond it by running an 8 gauge wire to the
>>> home's electrical panel and connecting it to the ground terminals.
>>>
>>> Good catch, and thanks for the kind review of my latest novel ;-)
>>> _______________________________________________
>> Well, we could have also gone into dry soil grounding, copper sheet
>> grounds, etc.
>> And bus bar ground systems.
>>
>> But, that would be wildly off topic for this discussion. :)
> I would say that it would be "mildly off topic" are you following the
> thread about blueray support in mythtv that devolved into talking
> about the military applications of holographic displays?
> _______________________________________________
>
Yep. I was even part of that one.
The bit about refresh every two seconds made it a show stopper.  :)

Then, there's the one that drifted off into text editor memory lane...


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