I want a TRUE galvanized or stainless clamp that was tailored as closely to the leg diameter as I could get and AT LEAST as wide as the strap I am using... Like 2" or better wide... Think wide turb
Just off the cuff, I think this would be overkill for *lightning protection*, which is why you don't see this approach in the usual commercial radio installation handbooks (e.g. R56) you don't worry
-1.- When you do the quarterly service on your towers, then you refresh the copper flakes... -2.- Go to ...http://www.kc4pe.com/amateurshack.htm .... and hit the link on "Tower grounding" or just scr
I use Burndy Penetrox on all metal-to-metal bonded connections. Every few years I remove the bonding clamp (bolts, screws, etc.) and check that the metal surfaces are still clean and not corroded. Th
electrodes but I would never use them on the tower itself. It may be possible to safely weld a connection to a tower but I wouldn't do it to a tubular load-bearing leg, not to mention the dissimilar
Charles, Basically, what you are saying is that a solid connection to ground is sufficient. Tests with lightning have shown there is impedance to ground through various connections. The greatest impe
That wire wrapped around the butt end of the utility pole is amazingly called a 'butt wrap' and is a common method of installing a ground at the base of a pole, there is no extra hardware, no driving
That's what is used around here. The problem is with the prevalent thievery of copper wire, our power co-op uses aluminum from near ground level to the top of the pole. They use a crimped connectio
Since I have yet to see a commercial clamp for connecting copper strap to a tower other than a modified hose clamp, I also thought of fabricating one with a DX Engineering saddle or an aluminum Stauf
TT: When I worked for the local electric utility in PA we used stranded 4/0 galvanized steel wire as our ground conductors from substation structures and fences posts onto a buried mat of the same co
John, See my message from a few days ago: http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/towertalk/2017-October/158208.html You can use these same pipe clamps with a 1/4-inch SS stud for attaching your coppe