Common use of Ground Ring Clause in Contracts

Ground Ring. There will be a buried horizontal wire completely encircling the equipment shelter. This wire will be solid tinned copper wire of #2 AWG or larger. The ground ring will not be closer than 24" from the shelter foundations, and will be exothermically welded to each ground rod. The ring will be buried 30" below grade or below the frost line of the installation, whichever is greater. The ground ring will be connected to the tower ground system from the ground rod located at the waveguide port to the nearest ground rod of the tower system. A second connection will be made from a rod at a corner of the shelter to an alternate rod of the tower. These connections will be made with a #2 AWG wire, or a wire of the same size as the tower ground ring, whichever is larger.