Lightning Grounding Products
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Also see Ground Rods, Plates, Guards and Accessories
Ground Rods, Electrodes and Accessories
Copperbonded Pointed Ground Rods
- Copper is molecularly bonded to nickel-sealed high-strength steel cores.
- Ground Rods provide the comany name, length, diameter, part number, roll-stamped within 12" of chamfered end and the UL logo and control number where applicable on each rod for easy inspection after installation.
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Threadless Couplings for Copperbonded Pointed Rods
- Made of high-strength silicon bronze
- Tapered so when the rod is driven into the coupling, the two parts compress to form a conductive connection.
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Ground Rod Driving Sleeves
- Slides on top of ground rod to prevent mushrooming while driving into ground.
- Sleeves for use in power assisted ground rod drivers.
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Copperbonded Sectional Ground Rods, Couplings and Driving Studs
- The cold-rolled threads with their countinuous unbroken grain flows are stronger than cut-threads.
- High-strength couplings are threaded bronze and chamfered at both ends for easy driving.
- High strength, corrosion-resistant couplings ensure permanent, low resistance copper-to-copper connections.
Couplings for Sectional Rods
Driving Studs for Sectional Rods
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Solid Stainless Steel Ground Rods
- Sectional rods utilize a cut thread for highly corrosive soil
- Contact us for other available sizes
Threaded Stainless Steel Coupling
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Copper Ground Plate Electrode
- With terminated 2 foot welded pigtail connection
Copper Ground Plates
- Made from 20 gauge thick, high conductivity copper sheet
- Two cable attachments LPC535L securely fastened to plate.
- Cable attachments LPC532L securely fastened to plate.
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Ground Enhancement Material
(Part # GEM25A)
To improve conductivity of a grounding system we recommend using Ground Enhancement Material (GEM). Only rarely do grounding system designers and contractors get to work on a site with good grounding conditions. Even under ideal circumstances, soil structure can vary and make it difficult to achieve uniform, low levels of resistivity across a wide area. Under almost all soil conditions, the use of a ground enhancement material will improve grounding effectiveness. Some are permanent and require no maintenance. When selecting a ground enhancement material be sure it is compatible with the ground rod, conductor and connection material.
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GEM is a low-resistance, non-corrosive, carbon dust based material that improves grounding effectiveness, expecially in areas of poor conductivity. GEM contains cement, which hardens when set to provide a permanent, maintenance-free, low-resistant grounding system that never leaches or washes away.
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Benefits and Features
No other material matches GEM for reducing earthing resistance and maintinaing low resistance permanently. No other material equals GEM in providing conductivity for the life of the grounding system.
GEM is effective
- GEM can dramatically lower earth resistance and impedance measures.
- GEM maintains constant resistances for the life of the system once in set form.
- GEM performs in soil conditions even during dry spells.
- Because it is chemically stable and very low in sulfate and chloride, it protects ground conductors from corosion instead of attacking them like salts do.
Application
GEM improves grounding effectiveness regardless of soil conditions and provides excellent permanent conductivity:
- For areas with high resistance, such as rocky ground, mountain tops and sandy soil
- As a backfill when you have to drill because the ground is too hard to drive or where ground rods cannot be driven, or
- Where limited space makes adequate grounding difficult by conventional methods.
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GEM is permanent
- Does not dissolve, decompose nor leach out with time
- Does not require periodic charging treatments nor replacement
- Does not require maintenance
- Does not require continuous presence of water to maintain effectiveness
- Freezing will increase resistivity by only 10-15 percent
GEM is Environmentally Friendly
- Does not adversely affect the soil
- Does not leach ions or contaminate ground water
- Meets (USA) Environmental Protection Authority requirements for landfill.
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