We use stainless steel banding to attach conduit to water tower legs. I repelled down the tower banding as I went. 150 ft in 30 minutes. Really works well. Tricky part is getting the band around the leg without it flipping over given I couldn’t reach around the leg. Fun time actually.
We used 316 ½” x 0.030” band with a breaking strength of 1,200 lbs. ¾” x 0.030” is around 1,800 lbs. The trick is to use it with the band in tension and not applying any twisting loads that could tear. PC Blaze Broadband From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof via Af Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 8:50 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Hose clamps? Really I look at all the traffic signal stuff that is held basically by stainless steel band clamps and wonder why they don’t fall off. From: Chuck Hogg via Af <mailto:af@afmug.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 7:38 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Hose clamps? Really I actually saw an install that had a 2' dish on a 6' pipe, hoseclamped at 4' and 2' and it was still holding 3 yrs later. Regards, Chuck On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: oh yeah that makes it kosher...super strong if you add tape Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:10 PM, That One Guy via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: we (not me) ha a couple of 2' Radiowaves hight performance antennas on a pipe held in place with hose clamps, but it was legit and safe because there were also zipties On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Cameron Crum via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: Those are the "special" kind of hose clamps. Kind of like your "arm" holding down the mattress on top of the car while driving down the road. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Jaime Solorza via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW6aG-IJ2SA Watch closely when AF5 attached to railing...crossed hose clamps. Guess they have no strong winds other that what I hear on the video. Chuck's mounts would work great here Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
