Bridle rings "For use with non-data sensitive cabling."

[PaulMmn]

Hanging up the cable TV, speaker, phone wires in my basement I'm using Bridle Rings. The threads screw into the joists overhead, and the assorted cables slip through a wide spot in the ring, and are suspended gracefully above my head.

I ordered a new box, and the label on the side said, "For use with non-data sensitive cabling." Other than not overloading the ring or bending a cable trying to slip it through the gap in the ring, I can't see any reason for this warning.

Any thoughts??

 

[infinity]

Cat6 cable can bend at the ring altering your speed. For Cat6 and other data cabling a J hook is preferable.

 

[cabledawg]

If its a Finished Basement, you could use some 1" Panduit if the cables are unsitely to hide the wires. If unfinished, and TGI's are exposed, possibly drill a hole big enough for the desired cables about half way up the joist to keep them protected too. Just my 2 cents.

 

[PaulMmn]

If its a Finished Basement, you could use some 1" Panduit if the cables are unsitely to hide the wires. If unfinished, and TGI's are exposed, possibly drill a hole big enough for the desired cables about half way up the joist to keep them protected too. Just my 2 cents.

Two reasons not to-- (1) I'm too lazy to drill all those holes-- (2) the cables are already run; they're just being moved to the walls and 'neatened up.' Bridle rings can be used 'after.'

 

[cabledawg]

Me 2 to #1, not im my prime anymore

 

[infinity]

cable TV, speaker, phone wires

Nothing wrong with support those types of cable on bridle rings.

 

[cabledawg]

Absolutely correct

 

[SceneryDriver]

I've used those bridle rings for CAT6 all over my house. All my cables test just fine. Who knows why they're labeled that way.


SceneryDriver

 

[cabledawg]

Made my own Eye bolt socket to install them faster too

 

[ModbusMan]

I ordered a new box, and the label on the side said, "For use with non-data sensitive cabling." Other than not overloading the ring or bending a cable trying to slip it through the gap in the ring, I can't see any reason for this warning.

Perhaps they're worried about the ring's steel playing games with the tiny RF field that's generated as the signals go zipping by? I used 2in PVC conduit clamps while doing my house, but there were also over 20 CAT-6A and RG-6Q cables making the trek across that portion of an unfinished basement, so the use case was a little different...

 

[hbiss]

Perhaps they're worried about the ring's steel playing games with the tiny RF field that's generated as the signals go zipping by?

No. The problem is with support and how the ring, because of the small diameter rod it's made of could cause a deformity at the point that the cable is held by the ring as it sags. Deformities are a no-no and will disrupt the characteristics of the cable which can cause a lower data rate. Whether or not you will ever notice it without a certifier is a good question though.

This is also why Ty-raps are forbidden and J-hooks, with their large smooth support surface is recommended.

-Hal

 

[ModbusMan]

I think you're grossly overestimating how much deflection is going to occur with the ring holding up the cable (unless it gets used as a clothesline, but that's an entirely different issue).

 

[PaulMmn]

By the time I got all of my cables in the bridle rings there wasn't a lot of sag for any of them!

 

[hbiss]

I think you're grossly overestimating how much deflection is going to occur with the ring holding up the cable

Not my thinking. I was just giving the reason, however misguided it is.

-Hal