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Getting There

We're having better weather today, and I was able to finish putting in the ground wires. I still need to get them connected to the tower, and need to get some stainless steel pads to go with the stainless steel clamps. I'm trying to make sure that there is the least potential for corrosion between the tower legs, clamps, and ground wires. It's amazing how wet everything is here, and how fast things will corrode. It's strange for me to have the weather be such a factor in what I do. I put the last two ground wires in this morning, and was both rained on and roasting in the sun, all in the space of an hour. At one point we needed to get a #6 bare copper wire (somewhat flexible) underneath some bushes. I didn't want to disturb the bushes, so dug the trench as close as I could on both sides. I was able to shove the copper wire through a foot of dirt, at a depth of twelve inches! That should give you an idea of just how wet and soft the soil is here.