About two weeks ago, we had an extremely close lightning strike that surged our AC voltage to about 6000V (estimate based on ¼ inch between the two arc burns on the shell of the plastic AC plug to th
Author: Kevin Stover <kevin.stover@mediacombb.net>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 16:17:32 -0500
I'd have presented the crane company with a bill for having to wait while their electrician fixed the crane before it started the job and during. The rig never should have left the yard in that state
Davis did subtract the time lost due to the winch issue, and the first electrical issue, and for the time the City Inspector delay us, and stopped charges at 3:30, dropping the drive home charge. And
That has to be the most expensive rotator repair in history! John KK9A To: "'towertalk'" <towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] Lightning Damage, Crane used to replace Orion Positioner From:
It has been my experience that disconnecting everything and putting the plugs on the floor works. 73 Hardy N7RT About two weeks ago, we had an extremely close lightning strike that surged our AC volt
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 23:52:16 +0000 (UTC)
I appreciate my zoning/permitting agency. When I set out to erect my tower, they prevented me from doing something unsafe. And, my one-time cost while not nearly as low, was a small fraction of the o
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 19:03:34 -0500
I'm in rural Oklahoma where there is no permit process for towers or most other things. If you don't conflict with FAA requirements you are good to go. I insist all contractor work is equal or better
As hams it often comes down to doing what you're comfortable with, but... In 2007 I took a small hit to one of my towers. Lightning jumped a 3 to 4 foot gap between disconnected coax cables and equip
Author: Bryan Swadener via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 03:32:47 +0000 (UTC)
Just for fun, if I didn't comply with government, I wouldn't have a tower. My response was, "and which of you is going to pay the fines and other costs associated with not getting a permit, or the li
Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 23:40:45 -0400
Putting the plugs on the floor is a dangerous practice unless the cables come through a single point ground panel first. Without first grounding the braids you are repeating Ben Franklin's experiment