we use #2 tinned solid copper wire for our halo grounds, and evrything is #2 stranded jacketed if its above ground... i was allways told that stranded is best for DC voltage (lightning) the finer the
I go to the welding supply house and buy all my col-gal, or order it from sabre sabre sells the best stuff, its bright zinc-it Zac -- Original Message -- From: "Michael Gilmer, N2MG" <n2mg@eham.net>
if the hole is verry big and you have fear of it caving in, use bentonite, mix it with water and itl set up like thick hair gel, itl hold the sides open till you pour, if you use this method youll ha
those particular towers have a 30 foot pier or deeper, FULL of rebar cage inside of them, im shure you could do that for the tower you got, but itd be VERY costly to even go a fraction of that depth
We use Chicago style grips from Klien to hang onto the guy wires while tensioning them -- Original Message -- From: <K7LXC@aol.com> To: <weightdn@adelphia.net>; <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Satur
all i can tell ya is that the standard bolt for any strucutre is an A325 structural bolt and it says A325 on the head of the bolt -- Original Message -- From: "Eric Rosenberg" <wd3q@erols.com> To: <t
if your gonna use it for ANY tower structure application go with A325 galvanized bolts, you can buy em from sabre comm, tell me what size you need and ill send ya the part # and their fone #, rhon ha
you dont want grade 5 for a tower, or stainless, stainless is too weak and grade 5 is to hard, theyll break under stress, you want A325 type 1 or 2, its a structural grade bolt, itl stretch under hig
anyone have any need for some grasias/andres's tower, i got a whole bunch of it im sellin for $200 a section, its called M-46, and we gotta get rid of it in a hurry, so gimme an email if your intrist
I currently have 200' of 18" face utility guyed tower, its in good shape, im asking $1000 for all of it, you provide the guy wires and anchors, will free stand to 60', and ill sell it by the section
ide go with a 4' and a 6' we buy ours from darraugh, bashlin or granger wichever is cheapest at the time, some people prefer rope lanyards i myself prefer orange webbing, theyre tougher and hi viz fr
unless they buyer has a de-humidifier and the air-filled connectors for the coax i would waste my time, i can get both for a pretty reasonable fee, so if you buy his line gimme a holler i can get ya
ive got about 140' of andrew's 1 1/4" coax with hoisting grip, ill sell for $5 a foot plus shipping, i can also get connectors and ground kits and such stats are below Zac Manufacturer Andrew Corpora
if you wanna see how we ground our towers send me an email on what part you wanna see ill be happy to send pics -- Original Message -- From: "Rob Atkinson, K5UJ" <k5uj@hotmail.com> To: <towertalk@con
sorry bout the file size guys here are some good pics of how we ground stuff Zac -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/mixed text/plain (text body -- kept) image/jpeg image/jpeg im
yeah thats the stuff, firearms lubricant, its what we use, the main thing you want to protect your cables is from rust, dirt doesnt really substantially hurt the cables, silicone grease works but its