Why are they breaking? Is the farmer hitting them? Erich Kaiser North Central Tower [email protected] Office: 630-621-4804 Cell: 630-777-9291
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:06 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting) < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2015 3:40 PM > *To:* [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 > > [email protected] > > > > >
