In a message dated 4/10/02 8:07:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
k4oj@tampabay.rr.com writes:
> Caution, there is also a downside....
>
> On your upper guy grips - that attach to the tower leg...
>
> If you constrain moisture at the end of those wraps it can corrode the guy
> wire leading to guy failure...I have seen this happen! I used to wrap the
> ends of the guy grip with balck tape to make it a "neat" situation...
>
> After unwrapping a guy wrap from a guy wire I saw the corroded cable
> inside...victim of stagnant water held there by the taping...
>
> This ain't just internet jabberjaw - I saw it.
Yeah - but you violated the LXC Prime Directive by doing something that
the manufacturer didn't tell you to do.
Please try to be more careful. We had a local guy tape the bottom of his
turnbuckles and guess what? They rusted and broke. Nobody anywhere says
anything about taping tower hardware.
Cheers,
K7LXC
Prime Directives R Us
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