Bbdge gives you a lot of copper surface. When we actually get around to it we bond the antenna/radio to the same point we bond the top of the bbdge on the structure. I think youre supposed to bond structure joints. Then we bond the bbdge as it enters the enclosure, then we bond the surge suppressors........ when we actually get it done
On May 9, 2017 5:19 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <[email protected]> wrote: Many studies have proven that plain ole Franklin method I recommended is better than all those fancy gadgets. We ground coaxial cable to same run. The lighting arrester is bonded to this same ground. Tower leg is bonded to same rod or ring. The path we provide by using lightning rod has worked. We had a waste water plant where UV system kept getting hit. I installed a lightning rod on ten foot mast attached to existing 45 ft tower with #2 copper wire to a ground rod and used rubber tape to isolate from tower itself. No more hits since that was done over 2 years ago. Of course, with lightning you can always get direct hit and it may still damage gear but so far this method is holding up. On May 9, 2017 3:59 PM, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote: > R56 wants all radio head equipment grounded to Tower Leg.. NOT the mount > or a separate bus to the ground. > The Flower thingys at the top of a 200' tower works great. Make sure tower > is grounded and bonds to Main Earth Ground.Examples are ground rings or > line with rods twice the length spacing from main earth to structure. > > > > > On 05/09/2017 04:53 PM, Jason McKemie wrote: > > That's not really possible in this case. What do you think about bonding > equipment to the tower vs a separate ground wire? I certainly don't want > to make the equipment more of a target. > > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 4:29 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I am a firm believer in putting lightning rod at highest point of tower >> with direct cable run to buried ring or rod next to it. Has worked well in >> our area. >> >> On May 9, 2017 3:25 PM, "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Wanted to get some opinions on grounding equipment at a tower site (on >> the tower). The tower and shelter are all properly grounded, it's a >> solid-steel leg tower. Right now I'm grounded via clamps to the tower. My >> question is would it be better/worse/the same to run a copper ground cable >> up to the equipment? It's going to end up being bonded to the same ground >> at the base, so I was thinking it wouldn't make a huge difference but >> wanted to see what others' experience was with this. >> >> TIA >> >> -Jason >> >> >> > > -- >
