Why String in Sealtight?

[jmellc]

I understand & agree with using strings & fibers in hard use cords, extra support & strain relied. But I sometimes see it in Sealtight (LFMC). I cut this with a portaband recently & the string & ground strip snagged up in the blade. The ground strip is obviously a good thing & worth the trouble but the string??

 

[mopowr steve]

Yeah I never understood the string either. I know in some cord/cable assembly’s it’s used to facilitate stripping the outer jacket off, but most of the time it just winds up breaking before anything is accomplished

 

[jmellc]

Yeah I never understood the string either. I know in some cord/cable assembly’s it’s used to facilitate stripping the outer jacket off, but most of the time it just winds up breaking before anything is accomplished

Those thin nylon strings are excellent finger cutters though.

 

[synchro]

My guess is that the string acts as a packing over the copper wire that prevents it from slipping out from where it's held between the groove in the metal strip and the galvanized steel "spring". The string might also help reduce abrasion of the copper wire by the spring when the Sealtite is bent or flexed.

 

[jmellc]

My guess is that the string acts as a packing over the copper wire that prevents it from slipping out from where it's held between the groove in the metal strip and the galvanized steel "spring". The string might also help reduce abrasion of the copper wire by the spring when the Sealtite is bent or flexed.

Good thought.