Lightbender
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I am looking to see if any agrees with me about safety cables not really being safe? With a standard electrician coming in and hanging a light they will place a safety cable straight through the yoke and around the batten. This place it in the weakest part of the light with two standard 1/4" bolts that hold the yoke to the light that combined have a sheer strength of less then 800 pounds. The design of a c clamp causes the forces to be pushed against a piece of metal that is almost an inch thick. Basically meaning your pipe will fail before you break a clamp. And on top of all that a light should in theory 3 times before any performance should occur under it, once while hanging, once while focusing, and once by the lead electrician. I find that people use them a cheap insurance meaning they are putting their trust in a piece of hardware that is not rated or designed for hanging over head. I can find OSHA rules on not using the clip on safetys as well. I have a hard time believing that they are as safety as some people say and might even call them unsafe to use. Does anyone agree or is you all just going to call be dumb?