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1. [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: Warrenwolff <warrenwolff@aol.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:40:34 -0500 (EST)
Greetings: I note the comment about CadWelding to a tower leg. I have seen posts here (where else?) on how to do it and then, just "don't do it". The installer I am using wants to exothermically atta
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00535.html (6,756 bytes)

2. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "Steve Jones" <n6sj@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:24:43 -0800
Warren The engineer at US Tower told me a Home Depot bronze ground clamp on my galvanized HDX-589 tower would be fine. The clamp wraps around a tower brace and the #2 copper wire goes into a hole wit
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00536.html (8,717 bytes)

3. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:43:32 -0500
Warren et al: I bought s few sample piees of stainless sheet from Online Metals http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=284&step=2 . I used one of the sheets to shim out the space between my mast
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00537.html (8,599 bytes)

4. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "N2TK, Tony" <tony.kaz@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:56:02 -0500
HD also has a ground clamp that is lead based. So, no interaction with the tower leg. 73, N2TK, Tony Warren The engineer at US Tower told me a Home Depot bronze ground clamp on my galvanized HDX-589
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00539.html (9,436 bytes)

5. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:18:12 -0700
I put up an An Wireless HD-70 tower and exothermically welded some ground wires to the base section before it was embedded in the concrete, figuring that down there (roughly four feet below the surfa
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00540.html (9,995 bytes)

6. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:48:14 -0500
I have never bothered with stainless shims. I just clamp the copper to the tower leg and have done so for many years. I've never had a corrosion problem with this type of connection. I'm not saying t
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00546.html (9,674 bytes)

7. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "Mike" <noddy1211@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:12:49 -0800
I have always done the same, I do use a liberal amount of "Kopr-Shield" conductive anticorrosion paste at the point of contact and never had a problem, I just checked the ground connections and they
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00547.html (11,119 bytes)

8. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: Ken <wa8jxm@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:57:55 -0500
Poor choice AFAIK. My understanding is that if the tower gets takes a heavy hit by lightning, the wire could vaporize and crack the concrete. Ken WA8JXM ______________________________________________
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00549.html (8,703 bytes)

9. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:11:21 -0500 (EST)
If that's the case, why do we use UFERS? Same concept. Just wondering. Bill K4XS In a message dated 12/23/2011 12:58:34 A.M. Greenwich Standard Time, wa8jxm@gmail.com writes: Poor choice AFAIK. My un
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00551.html (8,701 bytes)

10. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "Jim W7RY" <jimw7ry@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:24:09 -0800
That's an old wives tale.... How do you explain UFER grounds then? 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list T
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00552.html (9,929 bytes)

11. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Fikis" <w2ay@atmc.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:32:07 -0500
Ken, Google Ufer ground........Bill / w2ay ** -- Original Message -- From: "Ken" <wa8jxm@gmail.com> To: "David Gilbert" <xdavid@cis-broadband.com> Cc: "towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Thu
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00553.html (9,856 bytes)

12. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: "Bill Fikis" <w2ay@atmc.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:33:45 -0500
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/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00554.html (10,782 bytes)

13. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:39:32 -0700
That's a myth that has been debunked several times. Check the archives. Dave AB7E _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing lis
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00555.html (9,005 bytes)

14. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: David Gilbert <xdavid@cis-broadband.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:43:06 -0700
I neglected to mention that, at least in my case and in any other that meets NEC code, the tower is also bonded to the rebar cage in the foundation to form a Ufer ground. Any ground wires running thr
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00556.html (9,593 bytes)

15. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:03:36 -0800
I just put in Ufers in a perimeter foundation. According to code here they need to be a 20' long rebar less the stub out and tied to the other rebar (4 x #5 x 262' in my case). #4 (1/2") was used for
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00564.html (10,496 bytes)

16. Re: [TowerTalk] Tower Legs (score: 1)
Author: K8RI <K8RI-on-TowerTalk@tm.net>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 04:16:53 -0500
What we did (at the suggestion of the inspector) was to use a GFI for the first outlet. All subsequent outlets on that circuit fed through that sensor. This gave us the equivalent of a circuit with a
/archives//html/Towertalk/2011-12/msg00565.html (9,443 bytes)


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