[Towertalk] Guy Grip Question

[Jim White]

Caution, there is also a downside....

On your upper guy grips - that attach to the tower leg...

If you constrain moisture at the end of those wraps it can corrode the guy
wire leading to guy failure...I have seen this happen!  I used to wrap the
ends of the guy grip with balck tape to make it a "neat" situation...

After unwrapping a guy wrap from a guy wire I saw the corroded cable
inside...victim of stagnant water held there by the taping...

This ain't just internet jabberjaw - I saw it.

K4OJ



----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Cc: <ackster@pcsonline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Towertalk] Guy Grip Question


>
> >Stan wrote:
>
> >I specfically remember reading in the Official Rohn Book that
> >when you use guy grips, you MUST always use end sleeves (NOT tie wraps)
with
> >them.  They don't say why but if you can install a guy grip with your
hands
> >and nothing more than a screw driver, then it stands to reason that you
(or
> >any kid or vandal) can remove one the same way.  If any guy grips are
> >accessable from the ground, I would strongly recommend installing end
> >sleeves to discourage, or at least slow down, a vandal or an irrate
> >neighbor.  See page HA101 in your Rohn Book for installation procedure.
>
> Rohn isn't necessarily the last word on guy grips, of course, not like
> PLP.  However, I was told (with straight face, I think), that water
sliding
> down guy wires and freezing inside the ends of guy grips could cause them
> to unravel gradually.  I drove what are locally called "ice sleeves" on
all
> my upward-facing grips with a hammer and vise grips, and there they've
> stayed.  I didn't think about the vandalism case then, but am doubly glad
I
> did it now.
>
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