[TowerTalk] AC power

[Guy Olinger, K2AV]

For a LONG run to a tower  (like my almost 300') I will bury a length of
UG 10/2 w/g (in the same trench)  out to the tower. I will terminate it
out there in a box with a ground fault socket/breaker, bonded to the
tower ground. At the house end I will terminate it with a splice to a
short length of # 12 w/g extension cord stock, and a regular 20A 110 AC
plug. Will leave it coiled up hanging on the garage wall until needed,
at which point I will just plug it into the 110 on the garage wall. I
will have a female extension there that has all three conductors
attached to the outside ground at the house. Plugging the two together
will keep the conductors grounded between periods of use.

It's a fancy extension cord with GF protection at the tower, and wire
gauge heavy enough to avoid significant voltage drop over 300 feet of
conductors if you try to run something heavy at the tower end.

Since it's not hooked up to the AC at the house unless being used, it
doesn't have the problem with propagation of noise off the AC mains.

73, y'all.

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Guy Olinger
Apex, NC, USA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Frenaye" <frenaye@pcnet.com>
To: "Bruce Makas" <k1my@qwest.net>; "towertalk submital"
<towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2001 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] AC power


> At 09:00 AM 5/12/2001 -0700, Bruce Makas wrote:
> >I am thinking of running 110 AC power out to at least one of my
towers (140
> >feet from house) so that I have power if I need it out there. Is
there any
> >problem with burying the AC cable in the same trench as the coax and
control
> >cables?
>
> Besides the electrical/code issues, I'd just choose to buy a quality
100'+
> outdoor extension cord.  Store it in your garage until you need it
once or
> twice a year.  You'll be able to use it for other things around the
house
> and yard as well.
>
>                  --- Tom
>
>
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