The need I'm filling is sometimes you want to be able to hit a house on
a side road or a long driveway. The existing poles might be 500+ feet
apart because that was sufficient for the electric co. A flat drop in a
heavy ice loading area isn't recommended for more than 150 feet (per
Corning). I don't want to run messenger strand and thru-bolts and all
that just to hit one house.
Last time I looked at ADSS what I saw was the strength component was
around the outside of the cable, and consequently they got stronger as
the diameter went up. So a 12F ADSS was actually no stronger than an
ordinary flat drop cable, but a 144F was super strong. I dismissed it
for this purpose because I didn't think I'd want to pay for 144F for
drops. I was looking at one brand and model, so maybe that's not true
in all cases.
-Adam
On 12/10/2018 12:49 PM, [email protected] wrote:
If you are in need of a dielectric aerial fiber cable, keep in mind that
there's a large assortment of ADSS cables available from different vendors.
There are versions suitable for very long spans and any count you'd like. ADSS
cables can be more cost effective than figure-8, but it depends on your
circumstances. The main downside is that ADSS requires compatible hanging
hardware and you can't overlash additional cables on it.
Jared
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018
From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Corning cable for long drops
The vendor says he's working with corning on the proper hanging hardware.
On 12/8/2018 8:39 PM, [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] wrote:
I wonder if they have special grips for it. Like a wirevise:
https://shop.ptsupply.com/shop/hardware/aerial/5058/maclean-senior-industries-llc-wirevise-109-ca07625[https://shop.ptsupply.com/shop/hardware/aerial/5058/maclean-senior-industries-llc-wirevise-109-ca07625]
From: Adam Moffett
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2018 6:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Corning cable for long drops
Cost unknown at this point, but I should have a quote next week. As long as it's cheaper than hanging a messenger strand to hit one house then I've got uses for it.
On 12/8/2018 8:03 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
What's the cost? Would it be robust enough to hang and mainline on a rural
sideroad?
On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 7:08 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected] wrote:This drop
cable looks basically like a figure-8 cable, but it's all
dielectric.
It's exactly what I've been hunting for: A solution for rural drops on
long spans in heavy ice load areas, and no steel so no grounding.
It's a full 0.5" wide so you have to get some extra wide hangers to go
with it.
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