[TowerTalk] electric fence qrn

Pete Smith n4zr at contesting.com
Tue Dec 9 10:38:05 EST 2003


At 10:22 AM 12/9/03 -0500, Tony King - W4ZT wrote:
>You can help your neighbor with a good ground rod and clamp plus remaking 
>all those one or two twist  splices in the high voltage lead.


Split bolts are a wonderful solution to these splices, and a lot easier 
than taking them apart and redoing them -- they apply a tremendous amount 
of pressure to the joint, which seems to break through any oxide that has 
been formed.


73, Pete N4ZR
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