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[TowerTalk] Corrosion Protection of Tower Base

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Corrosion Protection of Tower Base
From: w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com (w8ji.tom)
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 11:28:05 -0400
Good point Roy!

> Whoa!   Dry concrete is a very good insulator!
> 
> Roy Breon

Concrete is a lousy conductor. If you are depending on a ground connection
through concrete, you are in deep deep trouble. I've seen a tower pier
explode after someone removed ground straps and the lightning gaps, and the
lightning superheated the moisture in the concrete!  

73 Tom

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