If I put a wireless weather station on the roof on a 6' mast on tripod, can
I simply run a grounding wire down to an 8' copper grounding rod?

Randy Given




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Randy Given wrote:
If I put a wireless weather station on the roof on a 6' mast on tripod, can
I simply run a grounding wire down to an 8' copper grounding rod?

Randy Given




Of course you can but I would advise against it. You should run the
Grounding conductor for your weather station to the buildings electrical
grounding electrode system. If the location of the electrical system
and it's grounding electrode system make that impracticable then you can
run the grounding conductor to a grounding electrode as directly below
the mast as practicable as long as you bond the weather station
electrode to the electrical system's grounding electrode system. If you
do not bond all of the grounding electrodes of the home into one
grounding electrode system then differences between the separate
grounding systems may equalize destructively through your equipment.
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Thanks. I ended up putting it in the back yard and about 12 feet up on a
mast. The main thing was the pitch of the roof (double that of a "normal"
roof) and not wanting to go up it every time needed to check on it. I get
slight blockage from the southeast, but still registers fairly well.


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