I am getting ready to assemble the top guys on my rohn 45 tower. I intend to use a short length of 1/4ehs at the top and maybe 27 feet of 1/4 ehs at the bottom. I will be using a length of Phillystra
Hello Mark, I have had good success with a 502 insulator - to make the Phillystran to EHS transition. I think the 502 is a safer route than shackles and thimbles that might cause either preform (Phil
Author: "Richard M. Gillingham" <rmoodyg@bellsouth.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:23:02 -0400
You can use the thimbles like that or join them with a shackle.. 73 Gil, W1RG _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list To
Is there a picture somewhere how this looks, I donīt know what a 502 insulator looks like. I have to go this route myself pretty soon, if nothing else to use all the Phillystran I once did buy. Jim S
Sorry guys I just found it with Google, looks like a good way to do it. Forget what I did ask. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTal
The thing that worries me is that the big grip for phillystran is designed for use with a thimble. I know that when using big grips with ehs they have two sets of starting marks. One is for use with
Mark - You can see the method I used to joing EHS and Philly together at http://www.w3yy.com/Phillystran.htm. 73, Bob - W3YY I am getting ready to assemble the top guys on my rohn 45 tower. I intend
I use thimble to thimble connections with no issues, even on Rohn 65g John KK9A I am getting ready to assemble the top guys on my rohn 45 tower. I intend to use a short length of 1/4ehs at the top an
Hi Tim, Mark -- My understanding was that a properly-chosen thimble (correct diameter, correct shape of the groove, and correct wall thickness) will maintain the shape of the loop under all load cond
I agree with Tim on the use of 502s. I used them with success at my FL location. By the way I'm looking for some good used 502s at bargain basement prices to do it again when I hit the mainland. Bill
The best prices that I've found for hardware like this is a company called HD Supply. They wholesale to electric utility companies. www.hdsupply.com The online catalog is really tough to navigate so
Preform grips for 1/4 EHS 2.52 ea (box of 100). Thanks for the info. One caveat. The grips the power companies use are not the same as the the ones we use. I talked to the engineers at PLP about this
It looks like the phillystran big grips only have one set of marks because they are designed to be used with thimbles only. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It b
I purchased the ones for Phillystran and they do have two marks. Guess I better go check the downspouts instead of towertalk as there's another batch of thunderstorms headed this way. Some spots in t