[BC] Clevis photo

[Mike McCarthy]

Carl,

This station, owned by an Ivy League school is a negligance lawsuit
waiting to happen.  For an institution of such esteemed higher education,
this is a text book example of abject neglect compounded by absolute civil
engineering incompetence. I'm amazed this tower is still standing.

The failure of the insulator in that mode is common.

MM

> Carl Strathmeyer wrote:
>> The good news - from recent discussion here, it sounds like the
>> cross-bolt on a clevis is *supposed* to be bent. That makes me feel a
>> lot better, since I just found this fitting on the tower of the
>> college station I'm helping out. I thought the clevis had been
>> deformed by stress and was close to failure.
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>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/cstrathmeyer/4033885874/in/set-7215762251
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>> The bad news - I couldn't figure out why there were fractured remains
>> of an insulator threaded onto the cable above the clevis. Is the photo
>> showing the clevis/insulator failure mode some of you have noted?
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>> BTW, this is the only clevis on the entire tower. I suspect that means
>> it was pressed into service as a quick repair for some other failure -
>> maybe the insulator.
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>> --Carl
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