Dick
Several way , but a simple is to use pieces of 1.5x 1.5 x 1/4 or 2x 2x 1/4
aluminum angle with the holes to fit the u bolt,
if your box is the same size that your tower side cut 4 pieces of aluminum,
4 -6 inch in length and bolt one face to
the top and bottom of you box where your tower legs meet the box
DXE clamps or Cycle 24 U bolts can make it to attach the box to your tower
This ide work for me to attach several Hoffman aluminum boxes, plastic must
be
the same, I don't like to use the Z
to attach boxes, the best are the legs,
Another way is to use C Channel perforated , the one use for electric tubing
and
the related hardware, in case of small boxes
this is a easy way, but maybe more expensive.
J.Hector Garcia XE2K / AD6D
Mexicali B.C DM22fp
P.O.Box 73
El Centro CA 92244-0073
http://xe2k.net
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From: Dick Dievendorff <dieven@comcast.net>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Sun, November 6, 2011 3:25:06 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Attaching utility box to tower face
I have a plastic utility box that will contain lightning arrestors and TVS
diodes for rotator control lines. I’d like to attach it to the face of my
tower (Rohn 55G). The tower rungs are on the order of 7/16” in diameter.
I thought about using four U-bolts with ½” OD, but the only ones I’ve found
that small are DX Engineering saddle clamps, and I don’t need that saddle (I
know they sell the hardware replacement kit, that’s where I’m leaning).
Another possibility is something like a hose clamp with a stud coming out of
it, but the smallest I’ve found of those is ½” and that may not get small
enough.
Or perhaps a P-shaped cable clamp with rubberized contact area with the
tower rung.
I could use a couple of U- or V-bolts and attach it to a vertical tower leg,
but then it would stick out.
How have you attached a utility box to the face of your tower?
73 de Dick, K6KR
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