SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 22 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAP-25 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 4 75 500 0 9 100 500 1 4 125 500 2 0 150 500 2 11 175 500 4 0 200 600 4 4 225 700 4 8 250 800 5 1 275 800 6 2 300 900 6 6 325 1000 6 10 350 1100 7 3 375 1200 7 7 400 1200 8 8 425 1300 9 0 450 1400 9 5 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 11 718 1 10 820 2 11 914 4 2 999 5 7 1076 7 2 1147 8 3 1294 9 5 1436 10 8 1573 12 5 1637 13 8 1770 14 11 1901 16 2 2030 17 6 2156 19 4 2214 20 8 2339 22 1 2461 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 0 11 1 6 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 8 5 2 5 8 6 9 7 3 7 9 8 3 8 9 9 10 10 5 10 11 BHAP-50 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 5 75 500 1 0 100 500 1 9 125 500 2 8 150 500 3 11 175 500 5 3 200 600 5 9 225 700 6 3 250 800 6 9 275 800 8 2 300 900 8 7 325 1000 9 1 350 1200 8 10 375 1300 9 4 400 1400 9 10 425 1500 10 5 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 1 0 737 2 0 842 3 3 935 4 7 1018 6 2 1090 8 0 1154 9 2 1310 10 5 1460 11 9 1605 13 8 1665 15 0 1806 16 4 1944 17 1 2153 18 6 2285 19 11 2414 21 4 2543 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 7 1 1 1 11 2 10 4 1 5 6 6 0 6 7 7 2 8 7 9 2 9 9 9 8 10 4 11 0 11 8 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 1 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 22 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAP-100 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 8 75 500 1 5 100 500 2 6 125 500 3 11 150 500 5 8 175 600 6 5 200 800 6 4 225 900 7 1 250 1000 7 11 275 1100 8 8 300 1200 9 6 325 1400 9 6 350 1600 9 8 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 1 2 767 2 4 875 3 9 963 5 6 1035 7 6 1095 8 10 1263 9 7 1520 11 0 1672 12 6 1822 14 0 1968 15 6 2112 16 6 2333 17 6 2547 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 9 1 6 2 8 4 1 5 10 6 8 6 7 7 6 8 4 9 2 10 1 10 4 10 8 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 2 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 22 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAS-25 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 3 75 500 0 6 100 500 0 10 125 500 1 4 150 500 1 11 175 500 2 7 200 600 2 10 225 700 3 1 250 800 3 4 275 800 4 0 300 900 4 3 325 1000 4 6 350 1100 4 9 375 1200 5 0 400 1200 5 8 425 1200 6 5 450 1300 6 7 475 1300 7 5 500 1400 7 7 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 10 690 1 8 781 2 7 869 3 9 952 4 11 1029 6 3 1102 7 4 1237 8 4 1368 9 5 1496 10 11 1559 12 1 1683 13 3 1805 14 4 1926 15 6 2045 17 2 2101 18 11 2155 20 2 2271 21 11 2324 23 2 2437 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 9 1 2 1 8 2 3 3 0 3 4 3 9 4 1 4 10 5 3 5 8 6 1 6 6 7 3 8 1 8 6 9 4 9 9 BHAS-50 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 4 75 500 0 8 100 500 1 2 125 500 1 11 150 500 2 8 175 500 3 8 200 600 4 0 225 700 4 4 250 800 4 8 275 800 5 8 300 900 6 0 325 1000 6 4 350 1100 6 8 375 1200 7 0 400 1200 8 0 425 1200 9 0 450 1300 9 4 475 1400 9 8 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 11 711 1 9 810 2 10 902 4 1 987 5 5 1065 6 11 1136 8 1 1280 9 2 1419 10 4 1554 12 0 1617 13 3 1749 14 6 1877 15 9 2004 17 0 2128 18 10 2186 20 9 2242 22 1 2363 23 5 2484 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 10 1 5 2 1 3 0 4 0 4 5 4 10 5 4 6 4 6 9 7 3 7 9 8 3 9 3 10 4 10 10 11 4 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 3 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 22 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAS-100 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 6 75 500 1 1 100 500 1 11 125 500 2 11 150 500 4 3 175 500 5 9 200 600 6 3 225 700 6 9 250 800 7 4 275 900 7 11 300 1000 8 5 325 1100 9 0 350 1200 9 7 375 1400 9 5 400 1500 10 0 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 1 1 746 2 1 854 3 4 948 4 10 1030 6 6 1101 8 4 1163 9 7 1324 10 10 1477 12 2 1626 13 6 1770 14 11 1911 16 4 2049 17 9 2185 18 7 2392 20 1 2523 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 7 1 2 2 0 3 1 4 5 5 11 6 6 7 1 7 9 8 5 9 1 9 9 10 5 10 6 11 2 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 4 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 24 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMP-25 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 3 75 500 0 7 100 500 1 1 125 500 1 8 150 500 2 5 175 500 3 4 200 600 3 8 225 700 3 11 250 800 4 3 275 800 5 2 300 900 5 5 325 1000 5 9 350 1100 6 1 375 1200 6 4 400 1200 7 3 425 1200 8 2 450 1200 9 2 475 1300 9 9 500 1400 10 1 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 0 11 713 0 5 1 9 814 0 10 2 10 909 1 4 4 0 997 2 0 5 5 1078 2 9 6 10 1153 3 8 7 11 1296 4 1 9 1 1434 4 6 10 3 1569 4 11 11 11 1635 5 10 13 1 1766 6 3 14 4 1894 6 9 15 7 2020 7 3 16 11 2145 7 9 18 8 2204 8 8 20 7 2262 9 7 22 6 2319 10 8 23 9 2415 11 5 25 1 2534 11 10 BKMP-50 SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 50 500 0 4 75 500 0 9 100 500 1 5 125 500 2 2 150 500 3 1 175 500 4 3 200 600 4 7 225 700 5 0 250 800 5 5 275 800 6 6 300 900 6 11 325 1000 7 4 350 1100 7 8 375 1200 8 1 400 1200 9 3 425 1400 9 2 450 1400 10 4 475 1500 10 9 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 1 0 729 0 6 1 11 835 0 11 3 0 932 1 7 4 4 1019 2 5 5 9 1098 3 4 7 5 1170 4 6 8 7 1320 4 11 9 9 1465 5 5 11 0 1606 5 11 12 9 1671 7 1 14 1 1807 7 7 15 4 1941 8 2 16 8 2072 8 8 18 1 2201 9 3 20 0 2261 10 4 20 8 2429 10 7 22 8 2485 11 9 24 1 2608 12 4 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 5 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 24 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMP-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 275 300 325 350 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 6 500 1 1 500 1 11 500 3 0 500 4 4 500 5 11 600 6 5 700 7 0 800 7 6 900 8 2 1000 8 9 1000 10 2 900 8 2 1000 8 9 1200 8 7 1300 9 2 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 1 1 755 0 7 2 2 865 1 3 3 5 961 2 1 4 11 1045 3 2 6 7 1117 4 6 8 6 1179 6 1 9 9 1342 6 8 11 1 1499 7 4 12 5 1649 7 11 13 8 1767 8 8 15 1 1909 9 4 17 4 1999 10 10 13 8 1767 8 8 15 1 1909 9 4 15 11 2124 9 4 17 4 2259 10 1 BKMP-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 9 500 1 8 500 2 11 500 4 6 600 5 6 800 5 7 900 6 6 1100 6 9 1200 7 7 1300 8 6 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 1 3 780 0 10 2 6 886 1 9 4 1 971 3 0 5 11 1038 4 8 7 4 1206 5 8 8 3 1468 5 10 9 9 1625 6 10 10 9 1863 7 2 12 3 2013 8 1 13 10 2160 9 1 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 6 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 24 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMS-25 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 2 500 0 5 500 0 9 500 1 2 500 1 8 500 2 3 600 2 5 700 2 7 800 2 10 800 3 5 900 3 8 1000 3 10 1100 4 0 1200 4 3 1200 4 10 1300 5 0 1400 5 3 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 9 682 1 7 769 2 6 855 3 7 936 4 9 1013 6 1 1085 7 1 1217 8 1 1345 9 1 1470 10 7 1533 11 8 1654 12 9 1774 13 10 1892 15 0 2009 16 7 2064 17 9 2179 18 11 2293 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 4 0 8 1 0 1 6 2 0 2 8 3 0 3 4 3 9 4 4 4 9 5 2 5 7 6 0 6 8 7 1 7 6 BKMS-50 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 3 500 0 6 500 0 11 500 1 6 500 2 2 500 2 11 600 3 2 700 3 5 800 3 9 800 4 6 900 4 9 1000 5 0 1100 5 3 1200 5 7 1200 6 4 1200 7 2 1300 7 5 1300 8 3 1400 8 6 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 10 697 1 8 791 2 8 880 3 10 964 5 1 1042 6 6 1115 7 6 1253 8 7 1386 9 9 1516 11 3 1580 12 5 1706 13 7 1830 14 9 1952 16 0 2073 17 8 2130 19 6 2185 20 9 2303 22 7 2356 23 10 2471 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 9 1 2 1 9 2 5 3 3 3 8 4 0 4 5 5 3 5 8 6 1 6 7 7 0 7 10 8 8 9 2 10 1 10 6 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 7 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 24 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMS-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 4 500 0 9 500 1 5 500 2 2 500 3 2 500 4 3 600 4 8 700 5 1 800 5 6 800 6 7 900 7 0 1000 7 5 1100 7 10 1200 8 2 1200 9 4 1300 9 9 1400 10 2 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 11 722 1 10 824 3 0 917 4 3 1001 5 9 1078 7 4 1146 8 6 1295 9 8 1439 10 10 1578 12 8 1641 13 11 1776 15 2 1908 16 6 2038 17 10 2166 19 9 2223 21 1 2348 22 6 2472 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 0 11 1 7 2 5 3 5 4 6 5 0 5 6 6 0 7 2 7 8 8 2 8 9 9 4 10 5 11 0 11 7 BKMS-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 7 500 1 3 500 2 2 500 3 5 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 1 1 750 2 2 854 3 6 943 5 1 1018 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 8 1 4 2 4 3 7 150 175 200 225 250 275 500 600 700 800 900 1000 4 5 6 7 7 8 11 7 3 0 8 4 6 8 9 10 12 13 11 2 6 10 2 7 1081 1243 1399 1550 1697 1841 5 5 6 7 8 8 1 10 7 4 1 10 300 325 350 1100 1200 1300 9 9 10 0 8 4 15 16 18 1 6 0 1982 2121 2257 9 10 11 7 5 2 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 8 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 26 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTP-25 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 3 500 0 7 500 1 0 500 1 7 500 2 3 500 3 1 600 3 4 700 3 7 800 3 11 800 4 9 900 5 0 1000 5 3 1100 5 7 1200 5 10 1200 6 8 1300 6 11 1400 7 3 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 10 702 1 9 798 2 9 889 3 11 974 5 2 1052 6 7 1126 7 8 1265 8 9 1400 9 11 1532 11 6 1596 12 8 1723 13 10 1849 15 1 1972 16 3 2094 18 0 2152 19 3 2271 20 6 2389 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 9 1 3 1 10 2 7 3 5 3 9 4 2 4 7 5 6 5 11 6 4 6 9 7 3 8 1 8 7 9 1 BKTP-50 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 4 500 0 8 500 1 2 500 1 11 500 2 8 500 3 8 600 4 0 700 4 4 800 4 8 800 5 8 900 6 0 1000 6 4 1100 6 8 1200 7 0 1200 8 0 1300 8 4 1400 8 8 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 11 713 1 10 813 2 10 907 4 1 992 5 6 1071 7 0 1142 8 1 1287 9 3 1426 10 5 1562 12 1 1626 13 4 1758 14 7 1887 15 10 2014 17 1 2139 18 11 2197 20 3 2320 21 7 2441 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 10 1 5 2 1 3 0 4 0 4 5 4 10 5 4 6 4 6 9 7 3 7 9 8 3 9 3 9 9 10 4 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 9 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 26 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTP-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 5 500 0 10 500 1 7 500 2 5 500 3 6 500 4 9 600 5 2 700 5 7 800 6 1 800 7 4 900 7 9 1000 8 2 1100 8 8 1200 9 1 1200 10 4 1300 10 9 1400 11 3 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 1 0 734 0 6 2 0 840 1 0 3 2 936 1 9 4 6 1022 2 7 6 0 1098 3 8 7 8 1166 5 0 8 10 1320 5 6 10 1 1468 6 0 11 4 1611 6 7 13 3 1674 7 10 14 6 1813 8 5 15 10 1949 8 11 17 3 2082 9 6 18 7 2213 10 1 20 7 2271 11 5 22 0 2400 12 0 23 5 2527 12 7 BKTP-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 7 500 1 3 500 2 2 500 3 5 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 1 1 757 2 3 865 3 7 957 5 2 1035 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 8 1 4 2 4 3 7 150 175 200 225 250 275 500 600 700 800 900 1000 4 5 6 7 7 8 11 7 3 0 8 4 7 8 9 10 12 13 0 3 7 11 4 9 1100 1264 1421 1574 1723 1869 5 5 6 7 8 8 1 10 7 4 1 10 300 325 350 1100 1200 1300 9 9 10 0 8 4 15 16 18 3 8 2 2011 2151 2289 9 10 11 7 5 2 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 10 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 26 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTS-25 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 2 500 0 4 500 0 8 500 1 0 500 1 6 500 2 0 600 2 2 700 2 4 800 2 6 800 3 1 900 3 3 1000 3 5 1100 3 7 1200 3 10 1200 4 4 1300 4 6 1400 4 8 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 9 675 1 6 759 2 5 842 3 6 921 4 8 996 5 10 1068 6 10 1197 7 10 1322 8 10 1446 10 3 1507 11 4 1627 12 5 1745 13 6 1861 14 7 1977 16 2 2030 17 3 2143 18 5 2256 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 4 0 8 1 0 1 5 1 11 2 5 2 9 3 1 3 6 4 1 4 5 4 10 5 3 5 8 6 3 6 8 7 1 BKTS-50 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 2 500 0 5 500 0 9 500 1 3 500 1 9 500 2 4 600 2 7 700 2 10 800 3 0 800 3 8 900 3 11 1000 4 1 1100 4 4 1200 4 6 1200 5 2 1200 5 10 1300 6 0 1300 6 9 1400 6 11 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 0 10 685 1 7 774 2 7 861 3 8 943 4 10 1020 6 2 1093 7 2 1226 8 2 1355 9 3 1481 10 9 1544 11 10 1667 12 11 1787 14 1 1907 15 3 2025 16 10 2080 18 7 2134 19 9 2248 21 6 2300 22 8 2413 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 8 1 1 1 7 2 1 2 9 3 1 3 6 3 10 4 7 4 11 5 4 5 9 6 2 6 11 7 7 8 1 8 10 9 3 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 11 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR HEAVY LOADING AREAS 26 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTS-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 3 500 0 7 500 1 1 500 1 8 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 0 10 703 0 5 1 9 799 0 10 2 9 890 1 4 3 11 974 1 11 150 175 200 225 250 275 500 500 600 700 800 800 2 3 3 3 4 5 5 4 7 11 2 1 5 6 7 8 10 11 3 8 9 11 0 8 1052 1124 1264 1400 1533 1597 2 3 4 4 4 5 8 7 0 5 10 9 300 325 350 375 400 425 900 1000 1100 1200 1200 1300 5 5 5 6 7 7 5 8 12 4 2 6 12 14 15 16 18 19 10 0 3 6 3 6 1725 1851 1975 2098 2155 2275 6 6 7 7 8 9 3 8 2 7 6 0 450 1400 7 9 20 9 2394 9 6 BKTS-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 STRINGING STRINGING SAG TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 500 0 5 500 0 11 500 1 7 500 2 6 500 3 7 500 4 11 600 5 4 700 5 9 800 6 3 800 7 7 900 8 0 1000 8 5 1100 8 11 1200 9 5 1200 10 8 1300 11 1 1400 11 7 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION UNLOADED SAG HEAVY LOADING UNDER HEAVY LOAD AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) 1 0 727 0 6 1 11 829 1 1 3 1 922 1 9 4 5 1003 2 8 6 0 1076 3 10 7 8 1141 5 1 8 10 1293 5 8 10 1 1440 6 2 11 4 1582 6 9 13 2 1642 8 1 14 6 1780 8 7 15 9 1915 9 2 17 1 2047 9 9 18 6 2178 10 4 20 6 2234 11 8 21 11 2361 12 3 23 4 2488 12 10 Note: Heavy ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.5 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 0º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º F. 03/22/04 Page 12 of 12