[TowerTalk] Attaching utility box to tower face

[Scott Reed]

If you are going to use strut, us pipe clamps sized for the tower, not 
u-bolts.

On 11/7/2011 12:00 AM, Gene Smar wrote:
> Dick:
>
>       I would suggest two pieces of Unistrut steel channel across the top and
> bottom of the box, bolted to two tower legs with four u-bolts.  Just don't
> tighten the u-bolts too much and thereby kinking the legs.
>
>
> 73 de
> Gene Smar  AD3F
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dick Dievendorff"<dieven at comcast.net>
> To:<towertalk at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 6:25 PM
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Attaching utility box to tower face
>
>
> I have a plastic utility box that will contain lightning arrestors and TVS
>
> diodes for rotator control lines. I'd like to attach it to the face of my
> tower (Rohn 55G).  The tower rungs are on the order of 7/16" in diameter.
>
>
>
> I thought about using four U-bolts with ½" OD, but the only ones I've found
> that small are DX Engineering saddle clamps, and I don't need that saddle (I
> know they sell the hardware replacement kit, that's where I'm leaning).
>
>
>
> Another possibility is something like a hose clamp with a stud coming out of
> it, but the smallest I've found of those is ½" and that may not get small
> enough.
>
>
>
> Or perhaps a P-shaped cable clamp with rubberized contact area with the
> tower rung.
>
>
>
> I could use a couple of U- or V-bolts and attach it to a vertical tower leg,
> but then it would stick out.
>
>
>
> How have you attached a utility box to the face of your tower?
>
>
>
> 73 de Dick, K6KR
>
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