[TowerTalk] Loos Tension Gauge

[Phil Camera]

Understanding how your instrument actually works is very beneficial and can be enlightening.  I have used them for years on the sailboat to tune the rig and have a couple of comments.


The Loos gauge is very easy and quick to use and is perfect for determining if you have the same tension in every guy on your setup regardless of it's accuracy.


Since it is recommended that the lower 15 ft or so of any non-metallic guy system be EHS for physical protection.  Since the Loos is designed for EHS/stranded systems, what I do is measure the tension in the short length of EHS which is at the bottom of my Polygon FRP guys.  The tension in the EHS is the same at the Polygon and therefore I don't need to worry about differences between materials.  Now, if you don't have any EHS at the bottom of your non-metallic guys then you'll want to "calibrate" your gauge accordingly.  



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Phil - KB9CRY 
Lockport, IL