Grounding The Metal Pole - Hughes DW 3000 One-Way Installation Manual

GROUNDING THE METAL POLE

GROUNDING USING RG-6 NON-QUAD SHIELDED CABLE
Optional, or if not using RG-6 quad-shielded cable, or as
required by local codes
1. Pick a spot on the ground near where you installed the satel-
lite dish for the ground rod installation. Call the utility
company and ask them to mark the ground around the
spot for buried utility lines. Make sure that there are no
underground pipes or cables there.
2. Use a sledge hammer to drive the ground rod into the
ground at the spot marked as safe by the utility company.
Six to 10 inches of the rod should remain exposed.
Ground rod
Ground
clamp
Figure 46
3. Attach the 2-3/8-inch ground clamp about one foot from the
base of the metal pole mount.
4. Attach the ground rod clamp to the ground rod.
5. Bend one end of the 14 AWG copper ground wire in a 1-1/
2-inch loop. Attach the loop to the ground clamp or ground-
ing lug on the metal pole and the other end of the grounding
wire to the clamp on the ground rod.
6. Bend one end of the 6 AWG copper ground wire in a 1-1/2-
inch loop. Attach the loop to the ground rod ground clamp.
Attach the other end to the building earth ground. The final
configuration should match Figure 46.
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