DAVIS Grounding Kit - Manual (Page 3)

Burying the Rod Page 3
B URYING THE R OD
To create a proper ground, you need to drive the rod into the ground. Be aware
that pounding the top of the rod may make it impossible to fit the coupler and/
or the wire clamp over the top of the rod.
Make sure you put the coupler and
wire clamp onto the rod before you begin pounding. You can secure the ground
wires to the rod after you’ve driven the rod into the ground.
The height of the grounding rod, when fully assembled, may make it difficult
to pound the top. You might want to stand on a ladder when pounding or you
might want to place the coupler onto the bottom rod (flat side into the coupler)
and pound the top of the coupler to drive the rod into the ground a little way.
Then place the second rod into the coupler (point side into the coupler) and
continue driving the assembled rod into the ground as described below.
You may simply place the rod, point side down, in the desired location and
drive it into the ground until only 4-5 inches (10-12 cm) of the rod remains visi-
ble. Or, you may dig a hole about 6” (15 cm) deep and 6“ (15 cm) wide into
which you will drive the rod. Place the rod, point side down, in the desired
location (inside the hole) and drive it into the ground until only 4-5 inches (10-
12 cm) of the rod remains visible. Attach ground wires to the rod at this point.
The advantage of digging the hole is that you may partially fill in the hole once
you have attached ground wires to the rod, thus making less of the rod visible
above ground.
However, you should always leave some portion of the rod vis-
ible above ground.
P ARTIALLY B URIED R OD