My New House & Workshop

[85_Ranger4x4]

I'd just plant a tree to protect the conduit.

Hedge is a nice durable tree.

 

[Jim Oaks]

Fricken tree. I need to get more of that stump cut out and fill it in with gravel. I have this dream (cue inspirational music) that some day I'll remove all the busted and loose concrete and go over this with 2-inches of new concrete.

I dread opening this box up. My electrical experience has been limited to replacing switches, outlets, and fixtures. But if I pull this off, I should have gained the knowledge and confidence to fix that flexible conduit mess. I know I can, I just don't feel comfortable getting onto breaker panels. I don't want to end up like the cat from Christmas Vacation.

I'm happy to report that I broke out the Jimmy Hammer (step aside Jack) and finished driving the ground rod. Good thing I slid the clamp on when I started. The top is all mushroomed out. The ground rod is all covered up with dirt now. No, it's not a mound.

I feel like I earned my Electricians Ground Rod Badge. In my mind it's a copper bar with a lightning bolt in the middle.

I also started filling the trench in.

Fun times.

 

[Curious Hound]

I dislike, despise, loathe, hate, detest and abhor driving ground rods. I never bought a good hammer drill with "hammer only" mode. So I never had an easy ground rod exceot one time. That was in sandy soil and I had to drive 2 of them. I pushed the first one almost 3 feet into the ground with my hands before picking up the hammer.