Plastics-Sun Damage - 06/07/05 08:53 PM
{Photos and information submitted by Alan Belson}
Pic 1. The catenary running to my shop is a 3/16" stainless steel stranded wire, with 2 cables I supported on plastic tie-wraps. The nylon has rotted in the sun and some of the ties have snapped after only 3 years. Cables look fine, they're black pvc sheaths.
Any ideas on a better way to support the cables- the span is about 30 ft. This is a temperate climate, probably not much different to New England, certainly not sub-tropical.
Pics 2,3. More sun damage. Looking at my cables, up a ladder, I noticed that the PoCo's flexible pvc conduit is also cracking up with sun damage . It was black plastic, rewired in 1998. I'll contact them.
Alan.
Pic 1. The catenary running to my shop is a 3/16" stainless steel stranded wire, with 2 cables I supported on plastic tie-wraps. The nylon has rotted in the sun and some of the ties have snapped after only 3 years. Cables look fine, they're black pvc sheaths.
Any ideas on a better way to support the cables- the span is about 30 ft. This is a temperate climate, probably not much different to New England, certainly not sub-tropical.
Pics 2,3. More sun damage. Looking at my cables, up a ladder, I noticed that the PoCo's flexible pvc conduit is also cracking up with sun damage . It was black plastic, rewired in 1998. I'll contact them.
Alan.