[BC] thanks to the list re: grounding system advice.

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Outdoor connections to ground rods should only be done by Cadweld.   
Brazing CAN be OK, but the ground rods are your lightning protection.   
Since lightning is such a high current, the temprature at the soldered  
connection can get hot enough to melt the solder.  That isn't good, to  
say the least.

--chip

On Apr 23, 2010, at 9:00 AM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 4
> From: Timothy West <n3drb at comcast.net>
>
> I'll use the solder for some other application indoors only, and go
> get some Stay silv for the new ground system.  Ya'll probably saved
> me a ton of pain and misery. I went out and took a look at my old
> system, installed 2 years ago, and it's all crap. more trouble than
> it's worth to rehab - I'll just pound the old rods down and start
> fresh and new, armed this time with some good knowledge. Silver
> brazing it is.
>
> Tim