- 1. [TowerTalk] Re cadwelding (score: 1)
- Author: Earl Wesner <earlw1@verizon.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:09:32 -0400
- I have for some time wondered about using what's known as sil-fos, or commonly known as _silver brazing rod_. It varies from 15% to just 5% silver, the remaining being copper. Has anyone tried this a
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- 2. Re: [TowerTalk] Re cadwelding (score: 1)
- Author: charlie@thegallos.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:14:13 -0400
- Great minds think alike - I just posted a similar question. I have about 4 tubes of silphos sitting here (Dad was an HVAC mechanic for 40+ years), as will as other Hard silver solder (as in what you
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- 3. Re: [TowerTalk] Re cadwelding (score: 1)
- Author: Bryan Fields <Bryan@bryanfields.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 10:56:53 -0400
- It's legal and basically the same thing as a cadweld if _done right_. I used the Harris safety-silv rods here and a oxy-acetylene torch when I put my ground rods in. A cadweld does not need the torch
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- 4. Re: [TowerTalk] Re cadwelding (score: 1)
- Author: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 16:18:16 -0500
- Earl, I use 15% silphoz for wire and strap to copper clad ground rods regularly. It takes a lot of flame heat and you have to be careful not to carbonize the conductor or the rod. The silphos is more
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