SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 22 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAP-25 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 4 0 8 624 75 500 0 9 1 5 682 100 500 1 4 2 4 739 125 500 2 1 3 5 790 150 500 3 0 4 8 837 175 500 4 1 6 1 879 200 500 5 4 7 7 917 225 500 6 8 9 3 951 250 500 8 3 11 1 981 275 500 10 0 13 0 1009 300 600 9 11 13 8 1143 325 600 11 8 15 8 1171 350 700 11 7 16 5 1299 375 700 13 4 18 5 1327 400 800 13 3 19 2 1451 425 800 14 11 21 3 1479 450 900 14 11 22 0 1600 475 1000 14 11 22 10 1716 500 1000 16 7 24 11 1745 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 11 1 6 2 3 3 2 4 3 5 6 6 11 8 6 10 3 10 3 12 0 12 0 13 9 13 9 15 6 15 7 15 9 17 4 BHAP-50 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 5 0 9 636 75 500 1 0 1 7 698 100 500 1 9 2 8 754 125 500 2 8 3 11 803 150 500 3 11 5 4 846 175 500 5 3 6 11 883 200 500 6 11 8 9 915 225 500 8 9 10 9 942 250 600 9 0 11 7 1080 275 600 10 10 13 8 1107 300 700 11 1 14 6 1241 325 800 11 5 15 5 1369 350 900 11 9 16 5 1493 375 1000 12 2 17 5 1614 400 1000 13 10 19 6 1645 425 1100 14 2 20 6 1764 450 1100 15 11 22 7 1794 475 1200 16 3 23 8 1912 500 1300 16 7 24 8 2027 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 1 1 1 10 2 10 4 0 5 5 7 1 8 11 9 3 11 1 11 5 11 9 12 3 12 8 14 5 14 10 16 7 17 0 17 6 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 1 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 22 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAP-100 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUN LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 8 1 0 656 75 500 1 5 1 12 719 100 500 2 6 3 3 771 125 500 3 11 4 10 813 150 500 5 8 6 8 846 175 500 7 8 8 10 872 200 600 8 4 9 11 1015 225 700 9 0 11 1 1153 250 800 9 9 12 3 1287 275 900 10 6 13 5 1418 300 1000 11 3 14 8 1546 325 1100 12 0 15 11 1672 350 1200 12 9 17 2 1796 375 1300 13 6 18 6 1919 400 1400 14 3 19 9 2040 425 1500 15 1 21 1 2160 450 1600 15 10 22 5 2278 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 8 1 6 2 7 4 0 5 9 7 9 8 6 9 3 10 0 10 10 11 8 12 5 13 3 14 2 15 0 15 10 16 9 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 2 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 22 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAS-25 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 3 0 7 607 75 500 0 6 1 2 658 100 500 0 10 2 0 710 125 500 1 4 2 11 762 150 500 1 11 3 11 810 175 500 2 7 5 1 856 200 500 3 5 6 3 899 225 500 4 4 7 7 939 250 500 5 4 9 0 977 275 500 6 5 10 6 1012 300 500 7 8 12 2 1046 325 500 9 0 13 10 1077 350 500 10 5 15 7 1106 375 500 11 11 17 6 1133 400 600 11 4 17 11 1258 425 600 12 10 19 10 1286 450 700 12 4 20 4 1403 475 700 13 8 22 3 1432 500 800 13 3 22 10 1545 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 4 0 8 1 1 1 7 2 2 2 11 3 9 4 8 5 8 6 9 8 0 9 4 10 10 12 4 11 11 13 4 13 0 14 5 14 2 BHAS-50 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 4 0 8 620 75 500 0 8 1 5 677 100 500 1 2 2 3 733 125 500 1 11 3 4 785 150 500 2 8 4 6 833 175 500 3 8 5 9 877 200 500 4 10 7 3 916 225 500 6 1 8 10 952 250 500 7 6 10 6 985 275 500 9 1 12 4 1015 300 500 10 10 14 4 1041 325 600 10 7 14 11 1174 350 600 12 3 16 11 1202 375 700 12 1 17 6 1329 400 700 13 9 19 6 1357 425 800 13 7 20 3 1479 450 800 15 2 22 3 1507 475 900 15 0 23 0 1625 500 900 16 8 25 0 1653 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 10 1 5 2 1 2 11 3 11 5 0 6 4 7 9 9 4 11 1 10 11 12 7 12 6 14 2 14 2 15 10 15 9 17 5 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 3 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 22 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BHAS-100 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 6 0 10 642 75 500 1 1 1 8 705 100 500 1 11 2 9 762 125 500 2 11 4 1 811 150 500 4 3 5 7 853 175 500 5 9 7 4 888 200 500 7 6 9 3 918 225 600 7 11 10 2 1056 250 600 9 9 12 3 1085 275 700 10 2 13 2 1220 300 800 10 7 14 2 1349 325 800 12 5 16 3 1379 350 900 12 9 17 3 1506 375 1000 13 2 18 4 1630 400 1100 13 8 19 5 1750 425 1200 14 1 20 6 1869 450 1300 14 7 21 8 1986 475 1300 16 3 23 9 2018 500 1400 16 9 24 11 2134 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 7 1 2 2 0 3 1 4 4 5 11 7 8 8 1 10 0 10 5 10 11 12 9 13 2 13 9 14 3 14 10 15 5 17 2 17 9 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 4 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 24 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMP-25 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 3 0 8 619 75 500 0 8 1 4 676 100 500 1 2 2 3 732 125 500 1 9 3 3 785 150 500 2 6 4 5 835 175 500 3 5 5 8 880 200 500 4 6 7 1 921 225 500 5 8 8 7 958 250 500 7 0 10 3 993 275 500 8 6 12 0 1024 300 500 10 2 13 11 1053 325 600 9 11 14 6 1183 350 600 11 6 16 5 1213 375 700 11 4 17 1 1337 400 700 12 10 19 0 1367 425 800 12 8 19 9 1486 450 800 14 3 21 8 1516 475 900 14 1 22 5 1632 500 900 15 8 24 5 1662 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 10 1 4 2 0 2 9 3 8 4 9 5 11 7 4 8 9 10 5 10 3 11 11 11 10 13 5 13 4 14 11 14 11 16 5 BKMP-50 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 4 0 9 628 75 500 0 10 1 6 688 100 500 1 5 2 5 746 125 500 2 3 3 7 798 150 500 3 2 4 10 844 175 500 4 4 6 3 886 200 500 5 8 7 11 922 225 500 7 3 9 8 955 250 500 8 11 11 7 984 275 600 9 0 12 4 1118 300 600 10 8 14 3 1147 325 700 10 9 15 1 1277 350 700 12 6 17 1 1306 375 800 12 6 17 10 1431 400 800 14 3 19 11 1460 425 900 14 4 20 9 1582 450 1000 14 5 21 8 1700 475 1000 16 1 23 9 1729 500 1100 16 2 24 8 1845 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 0 11 1 7 2 5 3 5 4 7 5 11 7 5 9 1 9 3 11 0 11 2 12 10 13 0 14 9 14 11 15 2 16 10 17 1 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 5 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 24 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMP-100 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 6 0 10 642 75 500 1 1 1 9 705 100 500 1 11 2 10 761 125 500 3 1 4 2 809 150 500 4 5 5 9 849 175 500 6 0 7 6 883 200 500 7 10 9 6 911 225 600 8 3 10 5 1050 250 700 8 8 11 5 1183 275 700 10 6 13 5 1213 300 800 11 0 14 5 1343 325 900 11 5 15 6 1470 350 1000 11 11 16 7 1593 375 1100 12 6 17 8 1714 400 1100 14 2 19 9 1746 425 1200 14 8 20 11 1866 450 1300 15 2 22 0 1983 475 1400 15 9 23 2 2099 500 1500 16 3 24 4 2214 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 7 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 6 6 1 7 11 8 5 9 0 10 10 11 4 11 10 12 5 13 1 14 9 15 5 16 0 16 8 17 3 BKMP-200 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION SPAN LENGTH STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD (Feet) TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 50 500 0 9 1 1 660 75 500 1 8 2 2 720 100 500 2 11 3 7 767 125 500 4 7 5 4 803 150 500 6 7 7 6 829 175 600 7 6 8 8 972 200 700 8 4 9 11 1110 225 800 9 3 11 2 1245 250 900 10 2 12 6 1377 275 1000 11 1 13 10 1507 300 1100 12 0 15 2 1635 325 1200 12 10 16 6 1762 350 1400 12 10 17 1 1977 375 1500 13 9 18 6 2099 400 1600 14 8 19 10 2220 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 10 1 9 3 0 4 8 6 8 7 7 8 6 9 6 10 5 11 5 12 4 13 4 13 5 14 4 15 4 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 6 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 24 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMS-25 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 2 0 7 602 500 0 5 1 2 650 500 0 9 1 11 701 500 1 2 2 9 751 500 1 8 3 9 799 500 2 3 4 9 845 500 2 11 5 11 888 500 3 8 7 2 929 500 4 6 8 6 969 500 5 6 9 11 1006 500 6 6 11 5 1041 500 7 8 13 0 1074 500 8 11 14 8 1105 500 10 2 16 4 1135 500 11 7 18 2 1163 500 13 1 20 0 1190 500 14 8 22 0 1216 600 13 8 22 3 1339 600 15 1 24 2 1366 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 4 0 8 1 0 1 5 1 11 2 7 3 3 4 1 4 11 5 11 7 0 8 1 9 4 10 8 12 1 13 7 15 2 14 4 15 10 BKMS-50 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 3 0 7 611 500 0 6 1 3 664 500 0 11 2 1 718 500 1 6 3 0 770 500 2 2 4 1 819 500 2 11 5 3 865 500 3 10 6 7 907 500 4 10 7 11 946 500 5 11 9 5 983 500 7 2 11 1 1017 500 8 7 12 9 1048 500 10 0 14 7 1078 500 11 8 16 6 1105 500 13 4 18 6 1131 600 12 8 18 10 1261 600 14 4 20 10 1288 700 13 9 21 4 1410 700 15 4 23 4 1438 800 14 10 23 11 1555 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 9 1 2 1 9 2 5 3 2 4 1 5 1 6 3 7 6 8 11 10 5 12 0 13 9 13 2 14 10 14 5 16 0 15 8 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 7 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 24 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKMS-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 4 0 9 626 500 0 9 1 6 686 500 1 5 2 5 743 500 2 2 3 6 794 500 3 2 4 10 841 500 4 3 6 3 882 500 5 7 7 10 919 500 7 1 9 6 952 500 8 9 11 5 981 500 10 7 13 5 1007 600 10 6 14 1 1143 700 10 7 14 10 1272 700 12 3 16 10 1301 800 12 4 17 8 1425 800 14 0 19 8 1454 900 14 1 20 6 1575 1000 14 2 21 5 1693 1000 15 10 23 6 1722 1100 15 11 24 4 1837 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 0 11 1 7 2 4 3 4 4 6 5 10 7 4 9 0 10 10 10 10 10 11 12 8 12 10 14 6 14 8 14 11 16 7 16 9 BKMS-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 7 0 11 644 500 1 3 1 10 705 500 2 2 3 0 757 500 3 5 4 5 800 500 4 11 6 1 835 500 6 9 8 0 864 600 7 4 9 1 1002 700 7 11 10 1 1136 700 9 10 12 2 1165 800 10 5 13 3 1296 900 11 0 14 4 1423 1000 11 7 15 6 1548 1100 12 3 16 8 1671 1100 14 1 18 9 1701 1200 14 8 19 11 1822 1300 15 3 21 1 1941 1400 15 11 22 4 2059 1500 16 7 23 6 2176 1600 17 2 24 9 2291 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 8 1 4 2 4 3 7 5 1 6 10 7 6 8 2 10 1 10 8 11 4 12 1 12 9 14 7 15 3 16 0 16 9 17 5 18 2 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 8 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 26 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTP-25 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 3 0 7 614 500 0 7 1 3 669 500 1 0 2 1 724 500 1 7 3 1 777 500 2 3 4 2 826 500 3 1 5 5 872 500 4 0 6 9 914 500 5 1 8 2 953 500 6 3 9 8 990 500 7 7 11 4 1023 500 9 0 13 1 1054 500 10 7 14 11 1083 500 12 3 16 11 1109 600 11 9 17 5 1240 600 13 4 19 4 1268 700 12 11 19 11 1391 700 14 6 21 11 1419 800 14 1 22 6 1537 800 15 8 24 6 1566 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 9 1 2 1 9 2 6 3 4 4 3 5 4 6 7 7 11 9 4 10 11 12 7 12 2 13 10 13 6 15 1 14 10 16 5 BKTP-50 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 4 0 8 621 500 0 8 1 5 679 500 1 2 2 3 736 500 1 11 3 4 789 500 2 8 4 6 837 500 3 8 5 10 882 500 4 10 7 3 922 500 6 1 8 10 958 500 7 6 10 7 991 500 9 1 12 5 1021 500 10 10 14 4 1049 600 10 7 14 11 1182 600 12 3 16 11 1210 700 12 1 17 7 1337 700 13 9 19 7 1366 800 13 7 20 4 1488 800 15 2 22 4 1516 900 15 0 23 1 1635 1000 15 0 23 11 1749 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 10 1 5 2 1 2 11 3 11 5 0 6 4 7 9 9 4 11 1 10 11 12 7 12 6 14 2 14 2 15 10 15 9 15 11 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 9 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 26 AWG DOUBLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTP-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 5 0 9 634 500 0 10 1 7 697 500 1 7 2 7 755 500 2 5 3 9 807 500 3 6 5 1 854 500 4 9 6 7 894 500 6 2 8 3 930 500 7 10 10 2 961 500 9 8 12 2 988 500 11 9 14 5 1012 600 11 8 15 0 1154 700 11 8 15 10 1288 800 11 10 16 8 1415 800 13 7 18 9 1444 900 13 9 19 8 1568 1000 14 0 20 7 1688 1100 14 3 21 7 1806 1100 15 11 23 8 1837 1200 16 2 24 8 1952 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 1 0 1 8 2 7 3 8 4 11 6 5 8 0 9 11 11 11 11 11 12 1 12 4 14 1 14 4 14 8 15 1 16 8 17 1 BKTP-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 7 0 11 649 500 1 3 1 10 712 500 2 2 3 0 767 500 3 5 4 6 811 500 4 11 6 2 848 500 6 9 8 1 878 600 7 4 9 1 1018 700 7 11 10 2 1153 700 9 10 12 3 1183 800 10 5 13 4 1315 900 11 0 14 6 1444 1000 11 7 15 7 1570 1100 12 3 16 10 1693 1200 12 11 18 0 1815 1300 13 6 19 2 1934 1400 14 2 20 5 2053 1400 15 11 22 7 2085 1500 16 7 23 9 2203 1600 17 2 25 0 2319 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 8 1 4 2 4 3 7 5 1 6 10 7 6 8 2 10 1 10 8 11 4 12 1 12 9 13 6 14 3 15 0 16 9 17 6 18 3 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 10 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 26 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTS-25 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 2 0 6 598 500 0 4 1 1 643 500 0 8 1 10 692 500 1 0 2 8 740 500 1 6 3 7 787 500 2 0 4 7 832 500 2 7 5 9 875 500 3 3 6 11 916 500 4 1 8 2 956 500 4 11 9 6 993 500 5 10 10 11 1028 500 6 10 12 5 1062 500 8 0 14 0 1095 500 9 2 15 8 1125 500 10 5 17 4 1155 500 11 9 19 1 1183 500 13 2 20 11 1209 500 14 8 22 10 1235 500 16 3 24 10 1259 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 4 0 7 0 11 1 4 1 10 2 4 3 0 3 8 4 6 5 4 6 4 7 4 8 6 9 8 10 11 12 4 13 9 15 3 16 10 BKTS-50 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 2 0 7 604 500 0 5 1 2 653 500 0 9 1 11 705 500 1 3 2 10 755 500 1 9 3 10 804 500 2 4 4 11 850 500 3 1 6 1 893 500 3 11 7 4 934 500 4 10 8 9 973 500 5 10 10 2 1009 500 7 0 11 8 1044 500 8 2 13 4 1076 500 9 6 15 0 1107 500 10 11 16 10 1135 500 12 5 18 8 1163 600 11 8 19 1 1285 600 13 1 20 11 1313 600 14 7 22 10 1340 600 16 2 24 10 1366 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 4 0 8 1 0 1 6 2 1 2 8 3 5 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 5 8 7 9 11 11 4 12 10 12 3 13 8 15 2 16 10 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 11 of 12 SAG AND TENSION TABLES FOR MEDIUM LOADING AREAS 26 AWG SINGLE JACKET FIGURE 8 BKTS-100 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 3 0 8 615 500 0 7 1 4 670 500 1 1 2 2 725 500 1 8 3 2 777 500 2 5 4 3 825 500 3 4 5 6 870 500 4 4 6 10 911 500 5 5 8 4 948 500 6 9 9 11 983 500 8 2 11 8 1014 500 9 8 13 6 1043 500 11 4 15 5 1070 600 11 0 16 0 1201 600 12 7 17 11 1229 700 12 3 18 6 1352 700 13 10 20 6 1381 800 13 7 21 2 1500 900 13 6 21 11 1613 900 14 11 23 10 1643 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 5 0 9 1 3 1 11 2 8 3 6 4 7 5 9 7 0 8 5 9 12 11 8 11 5 13 0 12 10 14 5 14 3 14 4 15 9 BKTS-200 SPAN LENGTH (Feet) 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 SAG UNDER EXPECTED TENSION STRINGING STRINGING SAG MEDIUM LOADING UNDER MEDIUM LOAD TENSION(Lbs.) (Feet) - (Inches) (Feet) - (Inches) (Lbs.) 500 0 5 0 9 630 500 0 11 1 7 690 500 1 7 2 7 745 500 2 6 3 9 794 500 3 7 5 1 838 500 4 11 6 8 876 500 6 5 8 4 908 500 8 1 10 3 937 500 10 0 12 4 962 600 10 1 13 0 1100 700 10 3 13 10 1231 700 12 1 15 11 1259 800 12 3 16 9 1385 900 12 6 17 8 1508 900 14 3 19 9 1537 1000 14 5 20 8 1657 1100 14 9 21 7 1774 1100 16 5 23 8 1803 1200 16 8 24 8 1919 UNLOADED SAG AFTER STORM (Feet) - (Inches) 0 6 1 0 1 9 2 8 3 9 5 1 6 7 8 3 10 2 10 4 10 7 12 5 12 8 13 0 14 9 15 1 15 6 17 2 17 7 NOTES: Medium ice loading is defined under NESC Rules 250 and 251 as 0.25 inch radial thickness of ice and 4 PSF horizontal wind pressure at 15º Fahrenheit. Stringing tensions are at 60º (F). 04/08/04 Page 12 of 12