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NRG_34m_TallTower_Installation_Manual_and_Specifications_Rev_1.05.docx
19 April 2011
Index
“Inchworm” method ................................................... 31
alternative anchoring ................................................. 48
anchor placement ................................................ 15, 49
anchor radii ............................................................... 14
anchor requirements ................................................. 45
anchoring.......... 6, 8, 14, 15, 35, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51
Anchoring Guidelines ................................................ 45
anchoring in solid rock .............................................. 48
anchoring the baseplate ...................................... 17, 18
anchors ............. 6, 8, 14, 15, 19, 37, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49
Anchors ..................................................................... 14
arrowhead anchors ............................................. 47, 49
arrowhead anchors, installing ................................... 50
arrowhead anchors, pre-tensioning .......................... 50
base plate ........................................................ 8, 14, 15
base tube................................................................... 20
baseplate .............. 8, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 25, 28, 34
batteries ..................................................................... 51
cement grout ............................................................. 50
concrete anchors ....................................................... 45
coupler plates ...................................................... 26, 27
drive rod .................................................................... 47
electrical tape ............................................................ 21
gin pole assembly ..................................................... 25
ginpole ropes ............................................................. 27
Ginpole Tilt-Up .......................................................... 30
glossary ..................................................................... 52
ground wire ............................................................... 21
gussets ...................................................................... 17
guy guards ................................................................ 37
guy ring corners ........................................................ 20
guy rings ...................................... 13, 19, 20, 22, 24, 30
guy wire tensioning ................................................... 31
guy wires ................................................................... 22
guys ....................................... 15, 34, 36, 37, 48, 49, 50
Hankmaster ................................... 9, 22, 23, 56, 63, 64
helper ginpole ................................................ 25, 28, 39
icing ............................................................... 37, 45, 51
installing arrowhead anchors .................................... 49
installing rock anchors .............................................. 50
lifter wires ............................................................ 24, 28
lifters ................................................. 22, 24, 30, 34, 35
Magnetic Declination ................................................ 59
oil on tower joints ...................................................... 20
pivot pipe ............................................................ 20, 25
pre-lift ........................................................................ 14
pre-tensioning arrowhead anchors ........................... 50
quick release pin ....................................................... 20
rock anchors ............................................................. 48
rock anchors, installing ............................................. 50
safety .......................................................................... 6
safety cable ................................................... 25, 26, 54
screw-in anchors, installing ...................................... 49
sensor cables ............................................................ 21
settling....................................................................... 37
shackles .............................................................. 22, 30
Site Layout ................................................................ 14
site visit procedures .................................................. 51
site-built anchors ....................................................... 45
slack in guy wires .................................... 34, 49, 50, 51
soil ....................................... 6, 8, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50
soil type ..................................................................... 45
straightening the tower ............................................. 36
stretch, guy wires ...................................................... 37
TallTower installation on a slope .............................. 15
tension, guy wire ............................... 15, 31, 34, 35, 50
tools ............................................................................ 8
Tower Lowering ........................................................ 38
Tower Tilt-Up ............................................................ 31
transferring the lifting guys ....................................... 35
tube layout ................................................................ 19
unpacking ................................................................. 11
WARNINGS ................................................................ 6
winch ................. 8, 9, 14, 15, 27, 34, 35, 38, 39, 50, 55
winch anchor ............................................................. 14
wind vane alignment ................................................. 59
wire rope clips ......................... 8, 24, 31, 33, 34, 35, 37
