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[telectrix]

Not @hightower - he's one of us now, not that I'm one of you yet but you see what I mean!

what's with the 9000. my post count to date is 45,643 with 30,861 likes.

 

[hightower]

Not @hightower - he's one of us now,

Will be in three weeks

 

[Wilko]

I like the array of lump hammers, its like the 3 bears. Did you have to use all 3? I'm half expecting Goldilocks to show up now

I'm too follicley challenged to be goldilocks anymore ... I got the first rod in with littlen but I did need the whole family of persuaders for the second rod.

 

[hightower]

I'm too follicley challenged to be goldilocks anymore ... I got the first rod in with littlen but I did need the whole family of persuaders for the second rod.

Apparently an SDS drill can put them in effortlessly. Only time I've done one I went old fashioned muscle approach though so can't say first hand.

 

[Rpa07]

what's with the 9000. my post count to date is 45,643 with 30,861 likes.

Amended Tel. Sorry bout that, gave you one more like for your troubles!

 

[Wilko]

Well done with the earth rod but I'm a little concerned regards the tea,please tell me that it wasn't left in that half consumed state,there's nothing more amateurish than a spark who struggles with his brew

I am pleased to confirm that no tea was wasted during the installation

 

[telectrix]

tea is a waste of hot water. imagine your insides being the same as the inside of a well-used kettle.\YUK. coffee and beer are the only drinks suited to mankind. ( wine is acceptable, as Jesus himself turned fish piddle pools into wine some 2000 years ago )

 

[Wilko]

Oh look, it's time for another cuppa ... hmmm

 

[PEG]

You know what, I'd love to do actual decorative masonry as a profession. It's a trade much in demand and the job satisfaction must be immense.

Only thing is, it looks bloody difficult, and a lot of work at heights that would see me sweating and palpitating myself into a right state.

I agree,a noble profession indeed. I showed an interest at 15,to my friends grandfather,a stonemason,and ex WW2 sapper - proper character.

He set me about,cutting a coal-hole lid hole,with recess,in 4" yorkshire stone... apparently a standard apprentice task,back in the day. A full day of graft,in the summer holidays...Didn't fare bad,but he said it must not rattle,when trod on,and that,is hard.

 

[David M]

Apparently an SDS drill can put them in effortlessly. Only time I've done one I went old fashioned muscle approach though so can't say first hand.

Or a big digger I pushed one in not long back using the back of the bucket of the digger we were using to dig out the footings of a large extension on a barn conversion.
Ooh... I love getting my hands on a powerful bit of kit

 

[Wilko]

Trip hazard

So true.
Unfortunately I had to put the rod out from the wall to get by the building footings. I tried a couple of ways to remove the trip and settled on adding a 3rd rod with a couple of bends. Measured Ra properly this time and got 7 Ohms

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[Richard Burns]

We are just getting more and more convinced you have hit the water pipe !
Never seen that with a rod before.

 

[Wilko]

I'm definitely in the water table with a Council balancing pond at the roadside (full) and a pond in the paddock to rear (full).
The sign is just my cheeky edit, but I am tempted to write in to IET for consideration in 18th ed, as the existing don't seem to be effective

 

[Wilko]

Hello All - here's this week's ode to yesteryear. Two 1200 mm rods went in at a barn and it's another victory for the sledgehammer at less than 6 Ohms