Re: Ladder line supports.

In article <7ekv2ysr2oel.1tn134dbykemn.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>,
Eskay <siebklaasNO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In another newsgroup mention is made of a handy ladderline support.
Would like to know where these items were originally made for?
Farm electric fencing?
http://www.dxengineering.com/images/examples/LL_Insulator_Install.jpg

That could well be, although I can't match this photo to a specific
electric-fence insulator brand. It resembles some of the "pinlock"
insulators which can be used to hold wire, polywire, and polyrope (the
latter two being wire- or rope-thick strands of a woven plastic, with
very-fine-gauge copper wire woven in among it to provide the current
carrying capability).

http://electric-deer-fence.com/electricdeerfences/electricfenceinsulators/woodposts.htm
shows one such, about halfway down the page.

Another possibility for retaining ladder line would be the insulators
made for "polytape" (sort of like polyrope, but formed into a flat
woven tape anywhere from .5" to 2" wide). Polytape clips seem to be
designed to "clamp down" on the tape, to keep it from sliding back and
forth and cutting the insulator (or the tape itself), and this
clamping arrangement might or might not be compatible with any given
variety of ladder line... the line's conductors might turn out to be
too thick for some types of insulator clip.

The electric-fence insulators seem to be be modestly priced - anywhere
form $6 to $8 per bag of 25 - and so experimentation might be
worthwhile.

Another variant I see at several vendors' sites is the "Isoline New
Generation Line Insulator" (seems to have a manufacturer part number
of 653.002). It's a single-piece nail-on insulator for wire or
polyrope. Looks as if it'd take a ladder line turned sideways and
hold it quite securely.

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