Might work. Might fail. Who knows when it will be so far off the
manufacturers recommendations?
Do you have a tension test stand to try this out? Or rent a half hour
at a test stand facility to measure the failure tension of 2 or 3
samples. Then you will have some data.
Otherwise, guy grips not removed are guy ends that are fine to re-use,
so with those as one end, use wire clamps on the other end of the EHS piece.
I went through a long and thorough project to re-use 1800' of 25k# old
style Phillystran. My Spelter socket termination was proven on my own
10k# capacity test stand and then on a 100k# commercial one. My
termination proved as strong as the other 25k# rated components. (see
Nov/Dec 2014 NCJ for an article I wrote about this)
Would I do it again? NO! The time invested was excessive, and the cost
savings in the end was small, even though it was an entertaining and
educational engineering/science project. Use new guy grips, they are
cheap, reliable and far superior to wire clamps.
Grant KZ1W
On 6/13/2016 17:18 PM, Ro Grrr wrote:
Several of you advise against reusing Big Grips, and while I can understand your
trepidation bcuz of the loss of the 'sand' in the fixture, and maybe their 'gripping
form', my thoughts are simple.I have a large tower to put up (150' R55) and have
plenty of 3/16 and 1/4" guy to support it. Said guys have grips on them and I
plan to reuse the grips. However, when I do, I will secure them with the same wire
clamps many of you use WITHOUT grips - bend the guy back thru the thimble and secure
it with clamps. So why can I not use clamps ON the grips to assure nothing will
move/slip ?!?
73RoGrrraka RogerKC8HZ
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