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STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FOR COMMUNICATION SITES MINIMUM SITE GROUNDING (EARTHING) REQUIREMENTS<br />

4.7.6.2 GUYED TOWERS<br />

Guyed towers shall minimally be grounded (earthed) as follows:<br />

• The tower shall be encircled by a ground ring (ANSI T1.334-2002, section 5 <strong>and</strong> MIL-HDBK-<br />

419A).<br />

• The tower ground ring shall be installed at least 610 mm (2 ft.) from the tower structure base<br />

or footing (ANSI T1.334-2002, section 5.3.1).<br />

• The tower ground ring shall be installed in accordance with “External Building <strong>and</strong> Tower<br />

Ground Ring” on page 4-22.<br />

• The tower ground ring shall be bonded to the building ground ring in at least two points using<br />

a 35 mm 2 csa (#2 AWG) or coarser, bare, solid, tinned or un-tinned, copper conductor (ANSI<br />

T1.334-2002, figure 1, <strong>and</strong> MIL-STD-188-124B). See “External Building <strong>and</strong> Tower Ground<br />

Ring” on page 4-22.<br />

• The tower ground ring shall consist of at least two ground rods installed on opposite (diametrically<br />

opposed) sides (ANSI T1.313-2003, section 10.3.1; ANSI T1.334-2002, section 5.2; <strong>and</strong> ANSI/<br />

TIA/EIA-222-F-R2003, section 12).<br />

• Ground rods shall meet the specifications <strong>and</strong> be installed in accordance with “Ground<br />

Rods” on page 4-11.<br />

• The bottom plate of a guyed tower shall be bonded to the tower ground ring using three equally<br />

spaced grounding conductors, or each leg shall be bonded to the tower ground ring using grounding<br />

conductors of 35 mm2 csa (#2 AWG) or coarser, bare, solid, tinned copper conductor.<br />

SeeFigure4-35.<br />

• The tower grounding conductors shall be exothermically bonded to the tower unless specifically<br />

directed otherwise by the tower manufacturer.<br />

• The tower's support piers (concrete footings) should have the rebar electrically connected to the<br />

tower holding bolts (ANSI T1.313-2003, section 10.3.1).<br />

• Install radial grounding conductors if needed. See “Radial (Counterpoise) Grounding<br />

Conductors” on page 4-24.<br />

EXOTHERMIC<br />

WELD OR<br />

12-TON<br />

MECHANICAL<br />

CRIMP<br />

GROUND ROD<br />

FIGURE 4-35 EXAMPLE OF GUYED TOWER GROUNDING<br />

CONCRETE<br />

GROUND RING<br />

EXOTHERMIC<br />

WELD OR<br />

IRREVERSIBLE HIGH<br />

COMPRESSION FITTING<br />

68P81089E50-B 9/1/05 4-53

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