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Re:The 5 foot ground rod and its use in the National Electri... by mlyle on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:07AM (#21331257)
They're a real bitch to drive into the ground, though, especially if you have clay rocky soils.

However, what I think he's saying is that despite blindly complying with this in hopes of a smooth project... the bureaucracy found other ways to make his project expensive, miserable, and slow anyways.

Re:The 5 foot ground rod and its use in the National Electri... by pkaye on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:45AM (#21331447)
They can be driven down quickly with a demolition hammer/rotary hammer.
Re:The 5 foot ground rod and its use in the National Electri... by mlyle on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @01:30PM (#21336848)
Never underestimate the capacity of my soil to screw things up.. I guarantee you 6' down there will be some nice really strong 50cm rock. :(