Reminds me of the cartoon of the lineman whose job changed to running
underground service - he said the hardest part was getting the holes deep
enough to bury the power poles.
You got a lot of good advice already - I vote for bare copper - and use the
ground rod and its ground clamp as a solderless lug to distribute the buried
ground wires.

"Bob Miller" wrote in message
...
I can't find this in any of my books, so thought I ask the group:

For my general station ground, I have a copper pipe that goes down
about one foot -- then hits rock or limestone or whatever.

I'd like to enhance the pipe with a few buried radials. I happen to
have a 500' roll of 14-guage stranded *insulated* copper wire. Will
the insulation keep the wire from becoming "one with the dirt"?

Or should I go buy some bare solid copper wire?

Tnx,

Bob
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