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Re: [TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Long Wire Sag
From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:14:24 -0700
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On 3/10/19 1:09 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 3/10/2019 12:32 PM, Gedas wrote:
In my mind I envisioned if I had a 300' length of say #12 and tried a pre-stretch that it would break near one of the ends and no where near the middle. Has that been your experience?

When doing the pre-stretching, the wire ALWAYS breaks at one end or the other. We've done this at least ten times. (That is, with 3-4 spools, which I think were 1,000 ft).

Probably because however you attach it to the end point increases the local stress (twisting, bending, what have you)

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