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Re: [TowerTalk] My first introduction to guy-wire dead end grips

To: Kevin Kidd <kkbroadcastengineering@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] My first introduction to guy-wire dead end grips
From: john@kk9a.com
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 12:21:05 -0500
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The EHS looked better than the grips. The Phillystran held up fine,
except it also had grips with corrosion. 

John KK9A 

On 2016-01-08 11:17, Kevin Kidd wrote: 

> John,
> 
> How did the grip corrosion compare to the guy cable itself?
> 
> My tower guy ran into a situation where he was installing a 180ft tower kit 
> for a client and found some of the grips were already showing signs of 
> corrosion out of the barrel... He learned that the tower builder had 
> substituted off shore built wraps for their normal stock and the 
> galvanization was dramatically inferior to their normal stock.
> 
> He also noted that the inferior grips were noticeably stiffer than whatever 
> he normally used. I don't know if that would be good or bad... 
> 
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:26 AM, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:
> 
>> he only Big Grips that I have seen close to failure were installed on my
>> tower in Aruba. After four years they were badly corroded and I could
>> break the strands with my fingers.
> 
> Kevin C. Kidd, CSRE/AMD
> AM Ground Systems Company - WD4RAT
> kkidd@kkbc.com -- 866-22-RADIO -- 866-227-2346
> www.amgroundsystems.com [1]

 

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