I have a problem site that we lose gear at every year (360' FM site).
All of your guy wires are supposed to be bonded at the guy points (and
the actual wires, not the pre-forms). And they're all broken every year.
I've requested year after year that they do NOT use solid copper wire to
tie all of the guys together. Instead, use like #6 or #4 stranded. But
no, it doesn't happen.
BTW, cadwelding is supposed to be done with nickel plated copper wire.
And no, I would not attempt to cadweld to a Rohn 25 or 45 leg. The
tubular legs are too thin and you'll burn through them. If you're using
a base plate, that's probably OK.
On 3/23/2015 4:01 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
I was not aware you could cadweld to guy wires.
*From:* Paul McCall <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2015 3:40 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Cad welding expert advice needed :)
First foray into cad welding… actually my logistics guy is digging
into it.
We basically need to do 3 types of welding for towers.
1)Welding copper ground cable to the guy 3/16”, ¼” and 5/16” wires
2)Welding copper ground cable to ground rods 5/8”
3)Welding copper ground cable to Rohn 25G and 45G tower piece.
Looking at lots of models, pieces parts.
Anybody have some practical suggestions on pieces parts, vendors etc?
Thanks!
Paul McCall, Pres.
PDMNet / Florida Broadband
658 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32962
772-564-6800 office
772-473-0352 cell
www.pdmnet.com <http://www.pdmnet.com/>
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