Nope, not close enough to get hit. Just wind vibration as far as I can
tell. Always broken near the wire clamps. If the ground wire was
stranded and could flex, then it probably wouldn't break. At least
that's my theory. Can't hurt to try.
On 3/23/2015 7:25 PM, Erich Kaiser wrote:
Why are they breaking? Is the farmer hitting them?
Erich Kaiser
North Central Tower
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Office: 630-621-4804
Cell: 630-777-9291
On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:06 PM, George Skorup (Cyber Broadcasting)
<[email protected] <mailto:[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 <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 <tel:772-564-6800> office
772-473-0352 <tel:772-473-0352> cell
www.pdmnet.com <http://www.pdmnet.com/>
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