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Re: [TowerTalk] New Tower Grounding Advice

To: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>,"Red" <RedHaines@centurytel.net>,"Bill Austin" <billaustin@powernet.net>,"Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] New Tower Grounding Advice
From: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:05:58 -0500
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At 11:30 AM 3/20/04, Gene Smar wrote:
BTW - on my Trylon 64-footer, I used tinned #2 solid ground wire and
tinned connectors.  This reduces the electrochemical potential difference
between pure copper and zinc galvanizing - a source of corrosion as others
have reminded us.


And this is old advice, but thin stainless steel shims (McMaster-Carr) are a good way to avoid electrolytic corrosion from the copper/zinc junction.


73, Pete N4ZR
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