I'm trying to understand the use of pre-formed wire-wrap dead-ends for guy-wires. If I understand the install process, the guy-wire itself doesn't wrap around the lower anchor fixture. But the dead-e
Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Dont worry. Thousands (millions?) of them are out there. I had a tower go down decades ago due to improperly installed cable clamps (
The grips interleave with the the guy wire twist or wind, in tensioning the line, the grip tightens or winds into the existing interleave ... Try this with a piece of flex antenna wire, unwind 3 wire
Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 14:12:08 -0600
Unfortunately I don't know how they work, just that they do work and very well in deed. I would guess it is some mechanical process similar to Chinese finger cuffs or the wire pulling thingies simila
The ones I have used (mainly on Phyllistran) have a coating on the inner surface of the grip which helps in the adhesion but I don't think it is actually an adhesive per se. The instructions gave a f
Author: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 08:20:34 -0600
I was originally leery of the grips but now specify them exclusively. The only grips that I have ever personally known to slide or fail were the wrong grip installed on the wrong sized cable. Thankfu
The only Big Grips that I have seen close to failure were installed on my tower in Aruba. After four years they were badly corroded and I could break the strands with my fingers. John KK9A I was orig
Author: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:17:55 -0600
John, How did the grip corrosion compare to the guy cable itself? My tower guy ran into a situation where he was installing a 180ft tower kit for a client and found some of the grips were already sho
When I put up my 120 feet of Rohn 25 I was a little leery about the grips. But my tower guy who puts up a lot bigger commercial towers than mine said that that is all they use and that I shouldn't ha
The EHS looked better than the grips. The Phillystran held up fine, except it also had grips with corrosion. John KK9A Links: -- [1] http://www.amgroundsystems.com ___________________________________