I would say the 'dead' end has LESS force on it than the 'live' end
rather than "little or know* tension".
* Your "speak and type" software doesn't KNOW the difference
between KNOW and NO :-)
Tom N4KG
On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 06:34:28 -0600 Jon Ogden <na9d@speakeasy.net> writes:
> I am going to take a stab at this, but perhaps I will not be 100%
> correct.
>
> The "live" end of the cable has the majority of the forces on it.
> It has
> much greater tension on it than the dead end of the cable. The
> u-bolt part
> of the cable clamp will distort the cable as it is tightened. The
> idea is
> that if you are going to distort the cable, you do it to the end
> that
> doesn't have a load on it. The distorted cable is probably weakened
> which
> you don't want to have on your live end. It's OK on the dead end
> since
> there is little to know tension on that part of the wire.
>
> Someone else can probably do a better job at it than me.
>
> 73,
>
> Jon
> NA9D
>
>
> on 11/6/02 10:44 PM, Dino Darling at k6rix@arrl.net wrote:
>
> > Yep, I know the rule...I just don't know "WHY"! I'm primed for an
> > education so let er' rip!
> >
> >
> >> Yup, there bassakwards. Remember the old rule...."Never saddle a
> dead horse."
> >> 73s kc0kra, Bing
>
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