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Subject: | FW: Guy wires... |
From: | fcady@ee.montana.edu (Cady, Fred) |
Date: | Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:31:17 -0700 |
Steve Wrote: > The load-bearing part of the guy wire is the "live" side of > the guy. > The tail that's turned back is the "dead" end. The saddle goes over > the > live part and the U-bolt goes over the tail/dead side. The old > lineman's > saying is "don't saddle a dead horse". Don't put the saddle over the > dead > part of the guy wire. > > Where do we go for pizza? BTW, an improperly installed cable > clamp > loses almost 40% of its holding power. ------------------ How come? Does the u-bolt crush or damage the live wire somehow? Fred KE7X -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: K7LXC@contesting.com Sponsored by Akorn Access, Inc & N4VJ / K4AAA |
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