Wiring up my 250ex

[aaxiss]

Wouldn't a copper rod be a better choice for a grounding rod?, I know the one's on the house and also the new shop both have copper. the house has one because it's very old and all the outlets were only 2 prong with no ground and they were updated to the standard 2 prong with ground at a later time and under the house there are a number of them . I assume for the different circuits.

[kenwhite]

Wouldn't a copper rod be a better choice for a grounding rod?, I know the one's on the house and also the new shop both have copper. the house has one because it's very old and all the outlets were only 2 prong with no ground and they were updated to the standard 2 prong with ground at a later time and under the house there are a number of them . I assume for the different circuits.

Don, chances are your ground rods are copper clad steel since it would be pretty hard to drive a pure copper rod into the ground without bending it. If you have a solid copper rod, that is definitely a good ground connection.