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Section 6.16.2

Installation Details for NLSI Research Program on Comparative Behavior of Air Terminals

 

Fig 1. Detail showing four tip profiles on 1/2" copper sheathed aluminum rods

 

Fig 2. Mounting and common grounding
of air terminals.

 
Fig 3. Close-up of mounting

Fig 4. Approach to one of the two sites shows forty rods placed on the summit.

 
Fig 5. West knoll of Niwot Ridge
40 rods, elevation 12,225 ft.
 
Fig 6. East knoll of Niwot Ridge
40 rods, elevation 11,875 ft.

 

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