Ground Rod making NOISE...yes Noise...

[JacksonburgFarmer]

Ok....If I hadnt done and seen this myself...I WOULDNT BELIVE IT

Drove a ground rod today, it pushed into the ground by hand the first foot or two...then set my roto-hammer onto the rod to drive it home....went fast for about a foot...then hard and slow...then easy the rest of the way....got done and set down the roto hammer, and I could hear a "hissing" noise....I thought to myself " holy kangaroo crap, I hit a gas line" .....but there are no gas lines in the area....NO marked water lines in the area and the ditch was still dry a hour later.....WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON???? Anyone ever have this before????

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Ok....If I hadnt done and seen this myself...I WOULDNT BELIVE IT

Drove a ground rod today, it pushed into the ground by hand the first foot or two...then set my roto-hammer onto the rod to drive it home....went fast for about a foot...then hard and slow...then easy the rest of the way....got done and set down the roto hammer, and I could hear a "hissing" noise....I thought to myself " holy kangaroo crap, I hit a gas line" .....but there are no gas lines in the area....NO marked water lines in the area and the ditch was still dry a hour later.....WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON???? Anyone ever have this before????

You hit something but I don't know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?.....:smile:

something is happening but you don't know what it is

 

[PetrosA]

When you say it went easy at the end, was it really easy? Maybe there's a buried fuel tank there...

 

[480sparky]

Water line?

 

[dereckbc]

You hit something, send the apprentice out there for a smoke break

 

[electricalperson]

i hope its nothing serious

 

[TOOL_5150]

You just made a big underground snake very mad.



Seriously - if it went down by hand a foot or 2... id dig it up and see for yourself.


~Matt

 

[Minuteman]

Ever see "Encino Man"?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xkTN1Z1rTQ

 

[quogueelectric]

Call the Wonder pets. Lenny Tuck and Ming-Ming.

 

[ericsherman37]

I had a friend whose wife made some sort of garden artwork contraption out of scrap copper plumbing pipe. She took it out and shoved it into the ground and hammered it in a ways. A few days later, their drain system started backing up (septic system). They snaked and plungered the toilet and other stuff, but a few days later it backed up again. They called a plumber out and they all spent a few hours testing things and checking the septic tank (nowhere near full) and couldn't find anything wrong. At one point my friend was walking through the garden, along the path of the drain line, and heard a flowing water sound. It sounded like it was coming from the copper sculpture thing his wife made. It turns out she had somehow managed to jam it directly through the septic line, and toilet paper, etc. kept getting hung up on it and backing up the system. There were no leaks or poop puddles or any other evidence of damage from the surface.

I don't know what would account for the hissing sound you have, but maybe this is a possibility? Also, get the utilities to come out with a fine tooth comb and remark their lines?

 

[LarryFine]

Put in a call to Miss Utility. It's a great service for the price ($0). :wink:

 

[mxslick]

Use caution with this one..it is possible that you hit an underground feeder and the hissing you're hearing is arcing underground....long time ago found an underground feeder fault by the hissing sound...

 

[ibew441dc]

It Happened to Me...I know what it is!!!!

It Happened to Me...I know what it is!!!!

Ok....If I hadnt done and seen this myself...I WOULDNT BELIVE IT

WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON???? Anyone ever have this before????

Maybe you hit a Fragle in the leg!!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSDeoO-j3G0 They havn't been around for a long time but their still out there!!:grin:

 

[iwire]

I could hear a "hissing" noise....I thought to myself " holy kangaroo crap, I hit a gas line" .....but there are no gas lines in the area....NO marked water lines in the area and the ditch was still dry a hour later.....WHAT THE HECK IS GOING ON???? Anyone ever have this before????

Ground rods do not hiss, if it was me I would be very worried.

 

[ultramegabob]

how do you know there is no gas lines in the area? did you have a locate?

 

[Pierre C Belarge]

Has the hissing sound stopped?
Bob said it simply...ground rods are the silent majority, when they make noise it is always a bad thing.

 

[busman]

I get laughed at by my friends around here for calling Miss Utility before driving ground rods, but it's cheap insurance. If I hit something, I'm covered and of course you can't beat FREE. Just need to plan a few days in advance.

Hope it's nothing serious.

Mark

 

[MrMilbank]

def call wonder pets, theres probally a baby animal in danger..

 

[Ohmy]

Start Digging...you will find out what you hit eventually...I would want to know now than later. Put a tester to the rod before you start...might want to take a whiff also.

I once hit a 9v batter laying in the dirt while driving a ground rod...I did not know it was a battery hissing and freaked out. I ran about 100' before stopping.

 

[ibew441dc]

I know everyone's seen this...but good thing this didn't happen...