[TowerTalk] Preformed Guy Grips

[Richard L. King]

At 02:23 AM 7/28/00 -0700, you wrote:

>In an effort to better serve one of my customers who wanted
>to use 1/4" EHS guy cable and Preformed Guy Grips, I decided
>to research and supply the materials to him.  As a Rohn
>Dealer, I knew I could buy all of that stuff directly from
>Rohn but I thought there must be a better (cheaper) way
>since the cost of shipping steel from Indiana to Oregon is
>NOT inexpensive.
....much more stuff deleted.

I had occasion this week to closely observe the power company reworking my 
electric and installing some new power poles for our new house. I looked 
closely at their cable and their grips.

I noticed that their guying cable has a right-hand twist. I then looked at 
their PLP grips (yes, they were made by PLP) to verify that they also had a 
right-hand twist.

This is directly opposite to Rohn 1/4 inch EHS  cable that has a left-hand 
twist and the PLP grips (BG-2144) that also has a left-hand twist to match.

I don't know whether all power companies use right-hand twist cable, but 
you need to be aware that all cable isn't made the same. You should never 
mix grips and cable that don't have the same twist.

Stan didn't mention this and I thought it was worthy of a quick word.

73, Richard
k5na@texas.net


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