Anchoring and Providing Guys for supports :

Normally the guys are provided to the supports at the following places :
1. Angle locations
2. Dead and locations
3. Tee-off points
4. Steep gradients location to avoid uplift on the pole.
Sometimes storm guys are provided along the straight run at equal intervals where wind pressure
is more than 50kg/M2.
The installation of guy will involve the following works.
1. Excavation of pit and fixing of stay rod
2. Fastening of guy wire to the support
3. Tightening guy wire and fastening to the anchor.
The marking of the guy pit for excavation, the excavation of pits and setting of the anchor rod
must be carefully carried out. The stay rod should be placed in a position such that the angle of
inclination of the rod with the vertical facr of the pit is 35 o/45o as the case may be. The concreting
of the stays at the bottom should then be carried out. The back filling and ramming must be well
done thereafter and allowed to set for at least 7 days. The free end of the guy wire is passed
through the eyes of the anchor rod, bent back parallel to the main portion of the guy and bound
after inserting the GI thimble. The loop is projected by the GI thimble where it bears on the
anchor rod where the existence of the guy wire proves hazardous, it should be protected with a
suitable asbestos pipe, fitted with concrete about 2 Mt. length above the ground level, duly
painted with white and black stripes so that it may be visible at night. The turn buckle shall be
mounted at the pole end of the stay and guy wire so fixed that the turn buckle is half way in the
working position, thus giving the maximum movement for tightening or loosening.
Guy insulators are placed to prevent the lower part of the guy from becoming electrically
energised by a contact of the upper part of the guy when the conductor snaps and tail on them or
due to leakage. Guy insulator shall be located at 2/3 of its length from the ground. The minimum
breaking load of guy insulator shall be 9900 Kv. for 11 KV and 4000 kg for LT lines.
Fixing of cross Arms and Insulators :
After the erection of supports and providing guys the next step would be to amount the cross
arms on the support. The practice of fixing of cross arm before the pole is erected is followed in
some states. In case the cross arm is mounted after the support is erected, the lineman should
climb the support having requisite tools with him. The cross arm is then tied to a hand line and
pulled up by the ground man through a pully till the cross arm reaches the lineman. The ground
man should station himself well to one side so that if any material
drops from the top of the pole it may not strike him. All the materials required should be lifted or
lowered by means of the hand line. In no case the material or the tools should be dropped or
thrown from the pole top.
Insulators :
The pin insulators are fixed in the holes provided in the cross arms and the
pole top brackets. The insulators are mounted in their places over the pins
and tightened In the case of strain or angle supports, where strain fittings are
placed over the cross arm. The nut of the straps is so tightened that the strap
can move freely in horizontal directions, as this is necessary to fix the strain
insulator.