guy wire grounding

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 96-08-21 17:33:16 EDT, you write:

>What's the easiest (cheapest, most effective) means of connecting copper
>grounding wire to multiple guy wires at or near the equalizer plate?  
>
Randy --

      While there are clamps made specifically for this application (they're
a little expensive), most people use regular cable clamps.  Since you're
connecting a round object to another round object, you don't get a whole lot
of contact area; hence the aforementioned clamp blocks.  Make sure you don't
have any sharp bends in the ground wire and have it drop straight down to
your ground stake and that should do it.

    One word of caution.  At some point you'll have dissimilar metals in
contact (steel and copper).  Since attaching the copper wire to your guy wire
will cause longterm corrosion to occur (interestingly enough, usually ONLY
the strand that is in contact with the copper as it washes off the galvanized
coating),  use steel wire attached to the guy and move the steel to copper
contact point to the ground stake. As always, use an appropriate anti-oxidant
material on all joints.

73,  Steve   K7LXC

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