Oh, forgot to add............For splicing, just twist, solder and tape with
GOOD quality tape $ 3.00 to 4.00 roll. There is also a approved "UF splice
kit" available. Made by 3M. My run of UF is 500 feet long.
Good luck again!
73 Jim W7RY
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <jdc@ieway.com>
To: mihry@argontech.net <mihry@argontech.net>; towertalk@contesting.com
<towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] (no subject)
>
>There is NO reason to have #14 wires for the direction indicator! I use
>about 500 feet of # 22 telephone wire for the indicator on my Tail Twister.
>I also use # 12 or # 14 dont remember which now, for the motor and brake.
>Remember that 12-3 is with ground. That's 4 wires ! You need a heavy wire
>for terminal 1, (Gnd) (Use the bare for this) .......2, (Brake)...... 5,
>(CW motor)........ and 6, (CCW motor). I also have the cap at the base of
>the tower.
>
>I run the UF from the shack to the base of the tower, then heavy duty
rotor
>cable from the base to the rotor that is 100 feet from the base of the
>tower. I have no trouble turning the Tail Twister in the wind or the
extreme
>cold.
>
>
>Good luck! and 73!
>
>Jim W7RY
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Michael D. Ihry <mihry@argontech.net>
>To: towertalk@contesting.com <towertalk@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>Date: Thursday, August 05, 1999 12:41 AM
>Subject: [TowerTalk] (no subject)
>
>
>>
>>Check me out on this please:
>>
>>I got a flyer from Lowe's hardware (Indianapolis) today - They're
>>selling UF-B 10/2 for $62.49/250ft, 12/2 for $34.79/250ft, and 14/2 for
>>$25.39/250ft.
>>
>>I will require nearly 600 ft cable to top of tower. T2X manual calls
>>for 500-800 ft to use #10 for terminals 1 and 2 (motor) and #14 for all
>>the rest. I plan to put the rotor cap at the rotor, thus saving 2
>>wires.
>>
>>Surely we're on the same page so far. If I have 2 romex cables, one
>>#10/2 and one #14/2, this gives 3x#10 wires and 3x#14 wires. I would
>>use the black and the white #10 wires for terminals 1&2. This leaves
>>available the "ground" wire in the 10/2 cable and all 3 wires in the
>>14/2 cable. How can I best utilize these wires for the remaining rotor
>>terminals, or does it matter at all? (ONE of the remaining 4 wires
>>would be #10 and the other 3 would be in the 14/2 cable.) Which of the
>>rotor wires would you choose for the "odd man out"?
>>
>>Is the Lowe's price OK? Is 250 ft spool common, and would it be hard to
>>
>>find longer runs, ie could I get the whole 600 ft or so in one piece
>>elsewhere? If so, where?
>>
>>If splices have to be made, how would you make the "best buryable Romex
>>splice"?
>>
>>In my dreams: Inexpensive source of a buryable, 8 conductor cable with
>>2x#10 and 4x#14...??
>>
>>Enough for now - many thanks!
>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>-----------------------------------------------
>>WA9ALS - John jfleming@shelbynet.net
>>Tower Project (photos & guestbook)
>>http://www.shelbynet.net/~jfleming/towerproject.htm
>>Amateur Homepage http://www.shelbynet.net/~jfleming/amstart.htm
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>>
>>-----------------------------------------------
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Brian Smithson <brian_smithson@vds.com>
>>To: WA9ALS - John <jfleming@shelbynet.net>
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:03 PM
>>Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] Romex and UV?
>>
>>
>>> All the replies I've gotten were copied to TT. UF-B seems the way
>>> to go.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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