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On 2025-08-30 07:09, c186282 wrote:
> On 8/30/25 12:10 AM, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 22:26:18 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> On 2025-08-29 20:28, rbowman wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:49:06 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:
>>>>> On 29/08/2025 4:31 am, rbowman wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:07:16 +1000, Daniel70 wrote:

...

>    Big 6-beer piss ... better go 3/4" minimum on the funnel :-)
> 
>    Anyway, if you WANT the side of your house to smell like
>    a Parisian alleyway .........
> 
>    Where I live the water table is typically only two or
>    three feet down. "Grounding" is fairly easy. Not the
>    same everywhere though ... worst case you may need to
>    go down 20-30 feet - and even then don't expect to
>    continually channel lots of amps down there.
> 
>    Actual 'ground' is best coupled with Ground-Fault
>    breakers. "Ground" is your last-ditch SAFETY, not
>    a common functional wiring item.
> 
>    USA, most 'ground rods' you buy these days are just
>    copper-plated steel. They WILL rot after a time
>    from electrolytic action. 1940s/50s some 60s ...
>    the rods were kinda pure hammer-hardened copper.
>    Unaffordable now.

I think we use bronze. No, Google says copper-plated steel too.

Maybe in the past.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.