On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 21:14:07 +0100, Charles Hope
wrote:

In article ,
Indy Jess John wrote:
On 07/07/2015 18:12, MacDonald wrote:

Why do punters invariably put the cable grip on upside down?


Because there are no instructions with it when you buy one?

Perhaps I am one of those who fits them upside down, because I have
never seen anything resembling an installation diagram or fitting
instructions.

The BBC booklet TV Tansmiiting stations used to publish a re-drawn Belling
Lee picture.

There is a continuous end and a segmented end. I have always fitted the
segmented end farthest away from the connection end. Am I right or wrong?

The segmented end should grip on the braid when the connector is screwed
together, Segmented end away from the central pin.

No it shouldn't. The segmented end grips the outer insulation. The
braid goes right through the segmented piece and out of the plain
end, where it is splayed out like a chimney sweep's brush, then
trimmed into a circle. When the nut is tightened, it forces the
segmented piece to grip the insulation, at the same time pressing the
plain end to grip the sweep's brush between it and the plastic that
holds the centre pin.
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Dave W