Hi All, I would think that any black hole would do. Jim Freeman Ray Anderson wrote: > True ground is located at Spice Node 0 (about 40 kilometers due south > of Alpha Centaura..... :) > > -Ray > > > > >Obscure interesting topic. > >Did my master's on lightning. > > > >Few places have "true ground". > >I've been in a couple places that have had it. > > > >True ground only occurs when you drill into the water table. > >For lightning rods to work the way they're supposed to, > >the rod (or it's cable) has to penetrate the local water table. > > > >One place I was in had the ground rod drilled into the > >earth about 350 ft. The rod was connected to a square > >grid of pure copper cable 00, IIRC. That was called > >a "pristine" ground system. > > > >The Statue of Liberty is another construction which has > >true ground. It's ground rod goes down, I believe, > >about 300 feet. > > > >Local ground can be the ground grid of a building. > >Or however you wish to define it. If you're talking > >in terms of say the power grid for California, > >"local ground" can take on several meanings. > > > >Same thing with products. Just depends on how > >you wish to define it. You can define "true ground" > >as primary ground from the mains, then any branched > >grounding can be considered "local". > > > >- Doug McKean > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from si-list: > >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > >or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > >//www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > > >For help: > >si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > > >List archives are viewable at: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > >or at our remote archives: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > >Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list > > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field > > List archives are viewable at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu