I would suggest you sand the rod well until the surface is shiny.  The 
little pits shouldn't be that big a deal as the clamp covers a fairly large 
area when tightened.  A brand new ground rod is coated with a thin layer of 
copper, perhaps a few mils thick and this will corrode fairly quickly 
especially that which is below ground anyway.

Again, clean it until it is shiny, and you should be fine.

Howard #3

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Subject: Cleaning ground Rod


> Hi
>     I have a ground rod at the new house that is heavily corroded. I =
> was able to clean up the copper wire. However, the corrosion on the rod =
> is to deep to just scrape clean quickly. what do I do to get it clean, =
> and then keep a good connection?=20
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