Wendell - W5FL wrote:
>
> I bought and read the polyphaser book. I am installing a 64 foot Rohn 45
> Foldover tower.
>
> Tomorrow I will weld the rebar cage for the Rohn 45 Tower section base and
> weld 6 12 inch pieces to the 4 inch dia pipe guy wire anchors. I plan to
> weld or braze (whichever works) all the ground wires and radials to the rebar
> and guy wire anchors.
>
> Question 1: How do you weld #6 copper wire to ugly old rebar?
>
> I am planning to use #6 copper ground wire for all radials for lightning
> protection. Two 32 foot radials to each of the 4 guy anchor posts and two 65
> foot radials to the tower rebar cage (ufer ground) and tie to one tower leg.
> How should I tie the tower leg, the ground rod, and the rebar cage together?
> Where should the #6 that runs 100 foot to the ham shack entrance panel tie to
> the tower? All the radials will run away from the house. Polyphaser seemed
> to indicate that you also needed to co
>
> Question 2: Is #6 awg solid copper ($0.20/ft) wire ok for the radial
> grounding system.
>
> It meets NEC codes and the Inductance decrease for #4 awg ($0.30/ft) is
> negligible. Polyphaser says #24 awg will fuse with a lightning strike, but
> no where could I ever find a minimum wire size that will not fuse. Since
> this is a guyed tower, I at least get the benefit of a strike being split 10
> ways (Tower, 4 guy wires, 3 feedlines, and two control cables). How
> conforting that oly 50% of the lightning energy will come in your house if
> you can't strip it off of the coaxes and control cables!!
>
> Ground Rods: I have one sunk 8 feet in solid rock under the tower, and each
> of the guy pipes are sunk 5 1/2 feet in the ground. Beyond that I see no
> further need for ground rods since they cannot be driven more than 2 to 3
> feet under the surface horizontally (solid rock is 2 - 3 foot down)and they
> cost $10 each (same as 50 feet of #6 awg copper ground wire).
>
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'Welding" gound wires......At a REAL GOOD electric supply store, ask
for "Cadweld" wigits. Ceramic forms with a powder mixture. Form is
place over a ground rod, wires put in side holes, powder dumped in,
and light with a torch. Makes a brass looking "weld". Many different
types of forms...for rods, one,two, three wire holes etc....
Maybe get a catalog....Cadweld.... Erico Prouducts Inc. Cleveland Oh.
GL
ps - ground your guy anchors, per the Rohn pictures....Some say don't
tie the rebar,inside the cement, to the ground system ?
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