Re: [TowerTalk] New Tower Grounding Advice

[Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>]

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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