I have extreme lightning strikes every summer sometimes hitting the ground within 50m of the house. I use a steel pole with steel guy wires on top of my house. Will the clamp and metal guy wires create any significant risk of becoming a lightning rod? About 18 feet off the ground, the Sky is the tallest object in our yard (we’re in a 10-year-old neighborhood of single-story homes with few trees, all young).Ĭan I use a non-metallic material, such as nylon string, for the guy wire? Is there a non-conductive material that is weather-resistant and doesn’t stretch out over time?įinally, instead of using a turnbuckle with rings (eyes) at each end, can I use hook-and-eye turnbuckles and hook them directly into the screw eye at the base of each guy wire, or is this not recommended? I’m considering a 3-ring guy wire mast clamp ( Channel Master CM-9015 Adjustable Triple Ring Guy Wire Mast Clamp up to 2" inch Mast 3-Way Antenna M). I filled the pipe with sand before I mounted it, expecting that to provide more stability than it did I suspect it’s top heavy from the Sky and its 8 batteries. The remaining 8 feet are unsupported, and it visibly tilts even with a light wind. The first two feet of the pipe are held with 3 brackets to one of the 2x4’s which once supported the playset’s canvas roof. The Sky sits atop a 10-foot schedule 80 PVC pipe attached to my children’s largely unused playset. My Sky installation is wobbly at the top, and I have questions about installing guy wires.
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