No Ryan is right on all accounts. These were used on ladders on buildings
long before the Tower industries used them and were part of CA code before
our own. We call it Peter Pan around our shop and I can't tell how
importance it is to check yourself out in your haness. You should have
yourself hooked up to any crane (includeing rafters in your garage work
well) and get off the ground and make sure it fit nice and tight without
being too tight and you understand what going to happen to your body when
you are swinging in it for real. You don't want to learn 100 feet in the air
you installed it wrong. 73 Gene K2QWD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Jairam" <rjairam@gmail.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor
> Unless there is a different model of the safety cable system available
> now,
> the ascender is supposed to clip to the front, directly to the full body
> harness and not to any fall arrest lanyard. In fact the instructions say
> specifically that you should NOT attach it to a lanyard.
>
> The reasons for this:
>
> 1. To protect you from swing falls
>
> 2. To cause the brake to engage as quickly as possible in the event of a
> fall. The brake engages with rapid downward acceleration, and a lanyard
> attached to it may delay or prevent that. See point #1 about swing falls.
>
>
>
> Ryan, N2RJ
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 3:00 PM, <towertalk-request@contesting.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:04:20 -0600
>> From: "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino@fastmovers.biz>
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor
>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Cc: petesias@yahoo.com
>> Message-ID: <004a01ca36f8$1db08f20$0200a8c0@chriscomputer>
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>>
>> Is it just me, or does is seem counterintuitive to have the fall arrest
>> point on the harness in the center of your back? It seems like that
>> would
>> tend to pitch your head forward, making it more likely to smash your face
>> into the tower bracing? I've fallen lots of times rock climbing with the
>> rope attached to the front of my harness at waist level. That allows
>> your
>> arms and feet to stay in front of you so you can control (somewhat) how
>> you
>> contact the rock, and regain footing/handholds quickly.
>>
>> Chris
>> KF7P
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <k6ufo@arrl.net>
>> To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
>> Cc: <petesias@yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 11:51 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] fall arrestor
>>
>>
>> > On my AN Wireless, the cable is about 4 inches out from the leg,
>> > but since the one-way SALA ascender clips to a 6 ft fall
>> > arrest lanyard that goes around to a D-ring point on the BACK of the
>> > climber, that distance isn't critical. Just enough to keep it from
>> rubbing
>> > on the tower. Mark K6UFO
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