[Towertalk] Guy Grip Question

[K7LXC@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/10/02 8:07:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
k4oj@tampabay.rr.com writes:

> 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.

    Yeah - but you violated the LXC Prime Directive by doing something that 
the manufacturer didn't tell you to do. 

    Please try to be more careful. We had a local guy tape the bottom of his 
turnbuckles and guess what? They rusted and broke. Nobody anywhere says 
anything about taping tower hardware.

Cheers,
K7LXC   
Prime Directives R Us