Overhead Design Illustrations: Span Guys

An introduction to span guys for design on wood poles in the electric utilities design industry.

Span guys are a vital component to understand when it comes to wood pole design. We can use span guys to transfer loads to areas in the vicinity where it is more safe or viable to install a down guy or other method to successfully balance the load.

Some of the aspects that you should know about span guys:

• Delta height in this context is referring to the difference between the height of attachments between each pole that the span guy is attached to.