[TowerTalk] Grounding AN Wireless Towers

[Mirko S57AD]

Maybe I'm wrong, but in this case I would use ground lug attached to one of
bolts which joints lower leg to the base of the tower.

73  Mirko, S57AD

2013/3/3 Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net>

> On 3/3/13 10:36 AM, Jerry Gardner wrote:
>
>> AN Wireless towers don't have round cross-section legs, but rather use
>> flat
>> steel bent at a 60 degree angle for the legs. Most tower grounding
>> solutions that I've seen use fittings that clamp onto a round tower leg.
>>
>> For those of you you have installed AN Wireless (or similar towers), how
>> have you attached the grounding strap or wire to the tower legs at the
>> base?
>>
>>
> I haven't done it on those towers, but I have used clamp on grounding lugs
> that grab onto structural steel.  It looks kind of like a couple parallel
> prongs with a bolt through one side to do the clamping.
>
> Very similar to the lugs you use to clamp to a bus bar.
>
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