[TowerTalk] Rohn guy anchors

[Pete Smith]

At 10:50 AM 9/5/98 -0400, stan wrote:

>read the fine print in the ROHN catalog... (Which many miss)
>Rohn requires a asphaultic (tar) paint on all buried galvanized parts to
>insulate from the corrosive soil.
>
>My 6 each guy anchors and 2 each bases were installed to ROHN specs.
>I sleep very well at night, not worrying about a poor installation.
>My tower installation will last me the rest of my life.

We've been around this topic before, but ... in some circumstances, it
appears that such treatment can actually precipitate failure, if the
corrosion mechanism is galvanic, as between a copper ground rod and the
galvanized anchor.  This reputedly can happen if a pinhole develops in the
asphalt paint and focuses the galvanic corrosion in a single small area of
the anchor rod.

Jut to be on the safe side, I replaced all my guy wire ground rods with
galvanized ones, so there's no potential difference with the anchor rods.

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

"That's WEST Virginia.  Thanks and 73"

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