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Re: [TowerTalk] Attaching utility box to tower face

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Attaching utility box to tower face
From: Bob K6UJ <k6uj@pacbell.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 16:50:35 -0800
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how about these 

http://www.boltdepot.com/Product-Details.aspx?product=12481

Bob
K6UJ



On Nov 6, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Phil Snyder wrote:

> I've not done this on a tower face but how about a couple of flat pcs of 
> aluminum on the inside of the tower with bolts from inside the box 
> through the plate.
> 
> Phil
> N9LAH
> 
> On 11/6/2011 5:25 PM, Dick Dievendorff wrote:
>> I have a plastic utility box that will contain lightning arrestors and TVS
>> 
>> diodes for rotator control lines. I’d like to attach it to the face of my
>> tower (Rohn 55G).  The tower rungs are on the order of 7/16” in diameter.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I thought about using four U-bolts with ½” OD, but the only ones I’ve found
>> that small are DX Engineering saddle clamps, and I don’t need that saddle (I
>> know they sell the hardware replacement kit, that’s where I’m leaning).
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Another possibility is something like a hose clamp with a stud coming out of
>> it, but the smallest I’ve found of those is ½” and that may not get small
>> enough.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Or perhaps a P-shaped cable clamp with rubberized contact area with the
>> tower rung.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I could use a couple of U- or V-bolts and attach it to a vertical tower leg,
>> but then it would stick out.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> How have you attached a utility box to the face of your tower?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>> 
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