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Originally Posted by GroundUrMast
Soil is not nearly as good a conductor as copper or other metals. Dry sandy soil is a very poor conductor. FWIW, in new construction, it's becoming quite common to see the foundation re-bar used as the 'ground rod'.
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Excellent advice, thank you.
Yeah, that's my soil, and to make things worse, we only get thunderstorms in the summer when the ground has had 4 months to dry out.
On closer inspection, my situation is worse than I thought. The electrical service actually comes in through the foundation in the garage. The feed in is thoroughly encased in PVC. I did notice that both the legacy and the cable phone service run a wire to a screw on the outside bottom of the service panel. I don't see a good way to tap in, unless I run a wire to another screw on the bottom of the panel (assumptive ground).