OFS has some pretty strong ADSS that could be useful for this. It comes in strand quantities of 12 or more, but I think it tops out around 400-450' at NESC heavy, so it may not have quite the span length you need depending on your ice loading region.
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 12:18 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- AF mailing list [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com[http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com] > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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