I want to run an exterior grade overhead phone cable from one building to another(across my land), does anyone know what type of plate, bracket or hook to use to secure the cable to the exterior of the building? and where to purchase?
External BT phone cable plate/acnhor/hook?
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Well done for finding that!
Make sure you use an external gradfe telephone cable (Dropwaire 10 or 14)
http://www.telext.co/dropwire-telephone-cable.html
Make sure you use an external gradfe telephone cable (Dropwaire 10 or 14)
http://www.telext.co/dropwire-telephone-cable.html
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There is a difference between regular external telephone cable (designed to be clipped to buildings, run in ducts etc) and dropwire (designed to hang in the air). Make sure you get the latter
Also be very careful about forces invovled when tensioning the cable, apparently BT guys always tension cables from the pole end because of some accidents involving ladders being pulled away from the wall when working on tensioning phone cables.
Also be very careful about forces invovled when tensioning the cable, apparently BT guys always tension cables from the pole end because of some accidents involving ladders being pulled away from the wall when working on tensioning phone cables.
When I did my apprenticeship with BT, to tension from the house we ran the dw over a pully and pulled down.
Maybe, but is that observation particularly relevant some 12 years on?
Again I have no idea how/why I was reading an old post...Maybe, but is that observation particularly relevant some 12 years on?
Maybe, but is that observation particularly relevant some 12 years on?
It serpently is. We are away at the moment, with the caravan, arrived today, on site. We have an air awning, which are very heavy to thread through the awning rail. You have to lift the weight, whilst pushing it up the rail, and take another bite, without it dropping back. A bit of a tussle.
So I devised a gadget, to help make it easier - a pulley. Pulley is mounted on a short section of awning bead, fitted with a locking clamp. Side it into the rail, up high, lock it in place, attach rope to end of awning, ease it up whilst tugging on the rope. Much easier..
Fair enough, but I still think these comments are of somewhat limited relevance to the 12-years-old OP's question
I did, several times.Who allowed a 12 year old to put up overhead cables ?
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