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powerblockcorp Participant Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1	solid stainless steel ground rods 09/03/2009 12:12 AM
	need to know difference between jacketed & solid stainless steel ground rods as per UL 467? is one superior over the other?
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#1 Re: solid stainless steel ground rods 09/03/2009 7:08 AM
	Soil conditions a solid stainless steel rod would be used in very corrosive soil. A jacketed rod is made that way to reduce cost and give a core that can handle the impact of being driven in to the ground. The jacket of a highly conductive material usually copper. __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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