In a message dated 10/10/05 7:58:48 PM Greenwich Standard Time,
ChetMoore@cox.net writes:
After watching a similar discussion on using braid for grounding equipment
and right after I had just just finished grounding every piece of equipment
with copper braid. W3LPL jumped in with the IEEE reference and a one
sentence summary that I think went like this.........
BRAID................... IS SOMETHING THAT LITTLE GIRLS DO TO THEIR HAIR.
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....and what's really amazing is I have bought lots of used tower over the
years from commercial installations. I am surprised how much of it uses braid
of various sizes for grounding the tower. Without fail, it is always
nasty...powdery oxidation all over it. The next time I pick up some used tower
with the
braid, I am going to run a resistance check from the one end of the braid to
the tower itself to see how high the resistance is.
Bill K4XS
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