[TowerTalk] Grounding of guy wires...

[Gary Schafer]

Use galvanized ground rods.

73
Gary  K4FMX

Paul Jansen wrote:
> Hello All,
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> It seems that I read that there can be a corrosion problem if you ground the
> guy wires anywhere close to the steel screw-in ground anchors due to the
> small electric current the may run between the anchor and the ground rod.
> ???
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> Is this correct?  And if so, does this occur even if the steel guys are
> broken-up with Phillystran or insulators? 
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> Also, if they are broken up with insulators - so that there is not
> electrical connection between the tower and the anchor - do you still need
> to ground them at all?
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> I have a 70 foot tower with two sets of guys - the upper set has 33 feet of
> Phillystran at the tower end -  the bottom set is all steel but has an
> insulator close to ground level.
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> I did have the lower set grounded near the screw anchor with standard copper
> clad steel ground rods but have since disconnected the grounding straps
> because of the concern about the corrosion.Any suggestions?
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> Thanks,
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> Paul / K9KDR
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