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1. [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: Donald Chester <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 21:04:51 +0000; In recent years, the guy wires on my tower have become what may be dangerously rusty, and I plan to re-guy. The tower is 127' tall with four guy levels, one every 30 feet. The rust pattern is very in; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00036.html (7,570 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: Steve Maki <lists@oakcom.org>; Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 18:26:38 -0500; On taller towers (500' or more) we often see rustier hardware near the top then near the bottom. I always assumed that the air was more corrosive up there on average. Well I guess that must be a give; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00037.html (8,107 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: "Mark Robinson" <markrob@mindspring.com>; Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 23:40:59 -0500; This might sound silly but I wonder if there could be some sort of electrolysis going on up there which is damaging the galvanizing on the higher guys. The higher guys are more likely to be in a much; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00042.html (9,733 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 12:03:51 -0500; Put some water diverting doodads on the guy. UV resistant tie wrap? Maybe a wrap of galvanized wire to match cable in nobility. Wrap enough to make a barrier to water running past but instead the wat; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00043.html (9,032 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI) on TT" <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 14:09:17 -0400; It's much windier "up there" than at ground level which would normally keep wires drier, but it's also colder which causes condensation. Condensation keeps wires wet, but often there isn't enough liq; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00044.html (11,157 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: Patrick Greenlee <patrick_g@windstream.net>; Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:38:42 -0500; Here is a WAG on tha: Ozone is O3, a molecule with three atoms of oxygen and is much more chemically active than O2 (what we breathe ordinarily.) O3 is much more corrosive than O2. When O3 comes into; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-03/msg00045.html (10,694 bytes)
7. [TowerTalk] Rusty Guy Wires (score: 1): Author: Donald Chester <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 20:10:22 +0000; I just finished replacing the top level guy wires on my 33 y.o. 127 ft Rohn 25. I was nervous because some of the 3/16 EHS guy cable had become very rusty, and the outer strands appeared to be heavil; /archives//html/Towertalk/2014-12/msg00008.html (9,812 bytes)

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