You'll also want to make sure you factor in the ice loading for your region - that can have a pretty noticable effect on your maximum span length.
On Thursday, October 25, 2018, 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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