I have ferrules and crimp tool for 3/16 wire rope, but the messenger wire on
this cable is only 0.11 inches including the insulation, about 1/32 for the
bare steel wire. Plus the guys roll their eyes at me when I want them to
use the ferrules. I've tried it myself and the crimp tool is a pain because
you need both hands free plus your third hand to hold the cable and your
fourth hand to keep from falling off the ladder. It's a job for a spider
monkey.
I think I'll try Bill's method but maybe electrical tape instead of zip
ties.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:46 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how to anchor messenger wire Cat5
Yep, drive hooks are very helpful in these cases:
https://www.borderstates.com/UserFiles/MdmContent/documents/CHN000581.pdf
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Prince
Sent: Saturday, April 9, 2016 10:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] how to anchor messenger wire Cat5
Several times. I found that the messenger wire/cable itself is too small
to get it to clamp properly. I've also stripped the insulation off the
messenger and also left it attached.
Stripping the insulation off is only a minor PITA, and I find the
messenger is a lot stiffer with the insulation left on. So what I have
gone to doing is just separating a couple feet of the messenger, and
loop it through a screw eye that is anchored in a good post, tree, wall,
whatever. Then I wrap the insulated messenger back around itself as many
times as it will go. I then use several tie wraps to hold it all together.
The tie wraps will "probably" die with age, but once the messenger has
been wrapped for a few weeks to a few months, it more or less takes a
"set' and it stays put.
bp
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On 4/9/2016 9:14 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
Without getting into the question of whether to use Cat5 with an integral
messenger wire for overhead runs, as opposed to some other approach like a
separate messenger cable. I also know there has been discussion about
figure 8 cable flapping in the wind. But ...
Has anyone used the Primus or Shireen messenger wire cable, and how did
you anchor the messenger wire? I assume you slit the web and separate
some of the messenger wire and anchor that, do you leave the PVC jacket on
it, or strip it off to expose the steel cable?
Then do you just loop the steel cable and put one of those wire rope
U-bolts on it?
