The clamps will not be sized for the grips. This is a terrible idea. I
will (and have) reused most anything, but not grips. Old grips are ok if
already on the line, but you cannot remove them and reattach them.
The clamps are precisely sized for the line which is doubled over, not for
the unknown size of a single strand with a grip on it.
Jeez, please trust us on this one. You are putting up a large tower....
Chuck W5PR
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 9:26 PM, Grant Saviers <grants2@pacbell.net> wrote:
> Might work. Might fail. Who knows when it will be so far off the
> manufacturers recommendations?
>
> Do you have a tension test stand to try this out? Or rent a half hour at
> a test stand facility to measure the failure tension of 2 or 3 samples.
> Then you will have some data.
>
> Otherwise, guy grips not removed are guy ends that are fine to re-use, so
> with those as one end, use wire clamps on the other end of the EHS piece.
>
> I went through a long and thorough project to re-use 1800' of 25k# old
> style Phillystran. My Spelter socket termination was proven on my own 10k#
> capacity test stand and then on a 100k# commercial one. My termination
> proved as strong as the other 25k# rated components. (see Nov/Dec 2014 NCJ
> for an article I wrote about this)
>
> Would I do it again? NO! The time invested was excessive, and the cost
> savings in the end was small, even though it was an entertaining and
> educational engineering/science project. Use new guy grips, they are
> cheap, reliable and far superior to wire clamps.
>
> Grant KZ1W
>
>
> On 6/13/2016 17:18 PM, Ro Grrr wrote:
>
>> Several of you advise against reusing Big Grips, and while I can
>> understand your trepidation bcuz of the loss of the 'sand' in the fixture,
>> and maybe their 'gripping form', my thoughts are simple.I have a large
>> tower to put up (150' R55) and have plenty of 3/16 and 1/4" guy to support
>> it. Said guys have grips on them and I plan to reuse the grips. However,
>> when I do, I will secure them with the same wire clamps many of you use
>> WITHOUT grips - bend the guy back thru the thimble and secure it with
>> clamps. So why can I not use clamps ON the grips to assure nothing will
>> move/slip ?!?
>> 73RoGrrraka RogerKC8HZ
>>
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