Copper earth electrode use "banned"?

Former Community Member over 4 years ago

New one on me, looked at caravan/camp site yesterday and client adverse to use of copper clad electrodes as he is attributing the death of his Lime trees (Tilia oliveri) and Red Oak trees (I missed his Latin designation for these and couldn't find it) to the use of buried copper.

He knew his trees and I wondered if anyone else had heard of this?

Regards

BOD

0 Sparkingchip over 4 years ago

Sparkingchip:

Are overhead cables copper clad?

There are some bungalows close to me with grid cables going over them, where the water drips off the cables onto the roofs moss and lichen doesn’t grow. But there’s no issues with any other vegetation along the cable route, it doesn’t appear that grass, trees and shrubs are affected.

Andy B.
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0 Sparkingchip over 4 years ago

Google Earth Link
https://earth.app.goo.gl/WpTsvY

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The Atlantic 252 transmitter site in Ireland is lined with copper, as are other similar sites presumably without issues.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarkstown_radio_transmitter
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