My guess it will not be much different strength than corning drop. FS does make some drop with steel wire reinforcement, I'm not sure if that would be any better because of the higher weight.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 12:48 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > This cable at FS: > https://www.fs.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=31945 > > Their web page is saying long term tensile strength of 1200N. > Corning ST drop cable has a similar type of strength member and they say > 400N. > > At 1200N it would appear that I could hang that cable 600 feet with a 1% > sag and I'd still be within strength limits. > > So is this a lie like the horsepower on a shop vac, or could they be > using some alternate but valid way of measuring tensile strength, or > could it actually be correct? > > I sometimes pretend I'm an engineer, but I'm wondering if any of you > real engineers out there have any insight. > > Thanks, > Adam > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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