[TheForge] Lamp Cord inna rope/YAK

Fri Jun 14 14:24:00 2002

        Stephen, didn't hear back from you, so I'm just checking to see you
got the e-mail and pictures I sent to you??

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen McGehee" <[email protected]>
To: "TheForge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:25 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Lamp Cord inna rope


> Dave
> If you use # 16 TFFN wire which is made for and called "fixture wire",
> you have a small enough bundle to easily conceal in the lay-up of your
> rope.  This wire is stranded and should give years of service, presuming
> that the rope assembly will only be exercised to change bulbs.  If you
> use 130 volt bulbs from a wholesale house instead of the common 120 volt
> units from Wally world and supermarkets, the bulb life will be
> significantly greater.  200 watts of load equals 1.66 amperes, which
> will not even melt the ice on the rope(VBG) so you have a good safety
> factor.  I would not make the total length more than 40-50 feet long,
> otherwise will need to go with 14 stranded THHN wire.  Importantly, make
> sure that several inches of conductor are looped out from the rope at
> each end of your set up(at the fixture and where it terminates) to allow
> for stretching of the rope in use.  This sounds like a real low stress
> application so if you allow the aforementioned slack loops, the
> installation should not present any fire danger.
> Stephen McGehee, Publisher
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