Oct 5, 2026, 6:19 PMI sent this photo to an electrician and they think that this is where my ground rod is supposed to be. Gonna cost several hundred US Dollars to get my panel appropriately grounded, but then at least my house is less likely to burn down I guess?
It's a mid 1990s build, it's got to be grounded somewhere right? We knew what grounding was in the 90s?
Oct 5, 2026, 7:23 PMFalse alarm! My house is grounded to rebar in the wall in the garage. The home is appropriately grounded.
What this bundle of grounding wire sticking out of the side of the house is supposed to be for, I don't know... but I'm not missing a ground rod.
It's probably for deprecated telecom connections.
Oct 5, 2026, 6:24 PM@julie a lot of older builds just ground to water pipes if the house has copper/lead pipes
Oct 5, 2026, 6:24 PM@julie for example when i was living in columbus that is how they did it
Oct 5, 2026, 6:28 PM@ariadne@social.treehouse.systems My 1950s build back in Cleveland grounded to the water pipes. I'm not familiar enough with code to know what year we started requiring ground rods vs that.
Oct 6, 2026, 1:11 AM@julie ufer grounds are the good stuff. How close is that rebar connection to the intended shack? Also for RF (and lightning), it's the inductance that counts, so use flashing instead of same cross sectional area of wire. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Sandell-Flash-Guard-8-in-x-20-ft-Copper-Step-Flashing-FG030820/202090786
Oct 6, 2026, 7:34 PM@AMS@infosec.exchange About 20 feet along the same exterior wall. It's definitely promising.
Oct 6, 2026, 7:35 PM@AMS@infosec.exchange I don't think I can run a ribbon like that because there's an exterior door in the way that I wouldn't be able to route around, but I'll figure something out.