[TowerTalk] Guy cable and crimps lifetime

Wilson Lamb infomet at embarqmail.com
Tue Apr 12 06:35:01 PDT 2011


Steel does not age.  If it ain't rusty, it's fine.
Danger point is the unseen crevices in the crimp fittings.
Maybe cut a couple apart and see how they look inside.


Painting it all with cold galvanize seems a good idea.

It sounds like bigger than 3/16, so be sure you aren't getting in trouble 
with extra weight of wire and insulators.

EHS is cheap and you don't need near that many insulators, IMHO, so maybe 
rebuilding is not so bad.

Wilson
W4BOH 



More information about the TowerTalk mailing list