[TowerTalk] Protecting Screws on lightening protectors; Use for wire brushes on top of towers?

Alan Swinger awswinger at earthlink.net
Wed Sep 1 12:35:41 PDT 2010


Mine are in water proof boxes.
Alan K9MBQ


-----Original Message-----
>From: Fred Serota <fserota at msn.com>
>Sent: Sep 1, 2010 3:11 PM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Protecting Screws on lightening protectors;	Use for wire brushes on top of towers?
>
>two quick questions:
>
>1. Most of the lightening protectors for rotor controls and the SteppIR 
>control lines involve exposed screw heads (albeit stainless) and bare lugs. 
>Are folks spraying these connections to protect them over time? If so what 
>are you using?
>
>2. Is there any benefit in protection against atmospheric charges in using 
>the steel brushes that are sold for these purposes? What literature I have 
>found has been equivocal on this.
>
>Fred, K3BHX 
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