[Towertalk] CABLE LUBRICANT SUBSTITUTES

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My occupation was to work on those electric operated, cable supported
scaffolds on high buildings.
I was VERY anal about my cables. We ONLY used approved cable lubricant
obtained from the cable suppliers.
Our cables had a fiber wick running down the core which was designed to
absorb the cable lube and provide protection.

The cable suppliers ABSOLUTELY FORBADE GREASE.
Anybody who entrusts his tower (read: lives and property) to homemade
decision substitutes is making a serious mistake.

I may have Cosmoline confused with something else. But the Cosmoline I'm
familiar with was a gooey brownish greaselike substance which covered our
military surplus weapons.
Not only do I think it would trap dirt, grit and whatever. But what a
miserable stuff to have on a tower you work on.


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Bill H. in Chicagoland
w9ol@billnjudy.com