That answers it, thanks.
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Jeff DePolo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What happens if I have a strap running horizontally nailed flat on a > > wall and I need to go vertically down with another strap to tied onto > > it making a T. This vertical strap would also be nailed flat on the > > wall. Wouldn't this sharp corner present a high impedance? > > Yes, to some degree, but with relatively wide (3"+) strap, it's not that > big > of a problem since the strap is kept flat rather than being bent/folded > back > toward itself. It's when you have to make a hard 90 by folding the strap > into an L that it's more of an issue (for example, if it was coming down > the > wall vertically and you transitioned to horizontal to run across the floor > by making a hard 90, that's a worst-case scenario). > > If you want to improve further on the "flat" T, you can take two additional > short pieces of strap and lay them diagonally across the inside corners of > the T at a 45 degree angle, sort of converting the T into a filled > triangle, > fold the excess over the main strap runs, then silver-solder all of the > overlaps/joints. > > > >Would it > > be better if the vertical downward strap be tied on top of the other > > strap so it starts to run horizontally, then twisted 90 degrees turned > > down with a 12" bend radius then twisted again so it can be nailed > > flat on the wall or is this unnecessary? > > No, I wouldn't do it that way. > > > My next question is along those lines as well. If I have a run that > > goes horizontally flat along a wall is it ok to cut it then run a > > vertical strap flat down the wall down making a basically a sharp 90? > > Maybe I'm not understanding the question, but how is that different than > the > original question? Is the question how to transition from horizontal to > vertical, but not needing to continue the horizontal run as in the case of > the T? If so, then either you can make two 45's in succession, or do the > same thing as I described above for the T, using a short piece of strap at > a > 45 degree diagonal across the L. > > --- Jeff WN3A > > >
