Chapter 3 ______________________________________________________ Installation of the Mast
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Figure 65
Installing Cable Shrouds
The following numbers refer to Figure 65 above.
1
=
Guy wire
2
=
Cable shrouds
Equipment Grounding and Lightning Protection
With mast installations equipment grounding and lightning protection
must be done separately. The main principles are described below:
- Proper equipment grounding is required for personnel safety and
for equipment protection. A piece of equipment is grounded by
connecting its metal structures and electrical equipment to an
external buried ground rod. Individual site requirements may
dictate changes in the procedures described in this manual.
Changes are permissible as long as equivalent protection to the
original requirements is provided for the system.
- The materials used in the manufacture of the grounding systems
must be chosen to prevent them from forming an electrolytic
couple. It is recommended to use copper (Cu).
WARNING
Failure to provide proper grounding may result in personnel injury or
death from electrical shock and may severely damage equipment.
