Skywalker - 4ft Ground Rod with Attached Wire Clamp | Copper Grounding Rod Protects Electric Fences, Antennas, Generators, Satellite Dishes

The grounding rod was very sturdy, solid, it was hammered into the ground with reasonable ease, the means to fasten a wire to it is very workable. Not much to say about a metal rod that you can pound into the ground -- I intend to connect this to a grounding pad inside the house. It should be perfect for the purpose.

I've used a couple times to ground Ham Radio equipment.

At first I joked with my friends about "spending $20 on a rod to shove into the ground and forget about", but honestly, this thing does wonders for my antennas. My antennas were not previously properly grounded. This rod, coupled with 10 AWG wire, has made a load of difference on my SDRs, the noise floor is lower, the HF reception has increased, and some of the interference I was experiencing was weakened. There was a review here that said, when installing the wire to the clamp, to put the wire on the OPPOSITE side of the screw in the mount. I did that, and found it very, very easy, took less than 3 seconds to install the wire into the mount. Overall, it was definitely worth the cost. Installation was simple enough, I just used a normal hammer, gently tapping the top of the rod until it was buried. I also made the hole a little wider, and buried the clamp as well.

Very pleased with the quality. I would recommend this product.

needed copper to ground pool equipment. Use a small sledge and 2X4 to pound into ground successfully

This is a copper coated lightning rod. I presume it's copper over steel, since it's so strong. An 8lb sledge hammer had no trouble slowly pounding it into the ground. For some reason, the screw and bracket to attach the grounding wire are a couple inches from the end, and there's no way to move it closer. I was able to tighten the screw quite securely—so there's little chance it could get stripped. After attaching a #10 solid copper wire and tightening it very securely, I covered it in a corrosion-resistant calk, then pounded it further into the ground. I suppose I could dig around it to remove the wire in the future, but can't imagine why I would want to do that. This ground rod will spend the rest of my life buried deep next to my home, permanently grounding my little TV antenna. It's suggested to also ground the mast, but my mast is only a foot long and bolted to the side of my home, so I'm not going to bother. If someone can give me a valid reason to ground that, I'll consider it. But there are many other pieces of metal sticking out of the top of my home, like attic venting, which I doubt are grounded, so I'm not particularly worried.

While you may not think you need it, if you experience a lightening strike, having a grounded point or not will convince you otherwise, Takes only a few minutes to install. DISH installed one years ago and it deteriorated. Used the existing ground wire to attach the grounding spike and we are now protected. (hopefully) I'm fairly confident that the spike is not pure copper, but rather a coated metal. Still having this in place or nothing provides some consolidation. Time will tell

The picture is wrong for the item. This is a four foot long copper coated grounding rod with clamp and screw. It worked perfectly. I used a half inch hammer drill to drive into our clay filled ground. If you have trouble installing, drive it in part way and pull out. Pour water in the hole. Drive it in further. Repeat if necessary. Obviously if you hit a rock take it out and move a few inches and try again. This is for grounding a tv antenna and post mounted on the roof.

Solid bar, good product. Will buy again.

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