[TowerTalk] Preformed Guy Grips

[Stan or Patricia Griffiths]

Richard is correct in the following information and, yes, it IS critically
important to use the same left-hand/right-hand twist for both grips and cable.
The orginal grips I bought at the utility supply place matched the EHS cable I
bought there but I did not notice at the time if it was left or right hand
lay.  The BG 2144 grips I later bought directly from PLP were the same lay as
the utility ones which are left hand lay standard.  So I guess the power
companies around here use left hand lay 1/4" EHS . . .

Stan  w7ni@teleport.com

Richard L. King wrote:

> 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
>
> --
> FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk
> Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
> Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
> Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk
Submissions:              towertalk@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-towertalk@contesting.com