"GymRatZ" wrote in message
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Steven Briggs wrote:
While we're on earth clamps, whats the preferred method of dealing with
the embossed aluminium safety labels with a slot at both ends?
a) Leave both ends captive on the strap round the pipe (but label is too
long for 15mm pipe)
b) Leave one end captive & the other flapping in the breeze.
c) Trap it onto the free end of the strap (by folding the spare strap)?
d) Toss it in the bin (Noooo!)

Not having a clue (about this) myself, I found it could be _almost_
neatly attached to the strap and through the loose end of the strap
whilst passing over the top of the clamp/screw. i.e. capping the screw
meaning you could not undo the screw without first removing the
"warning" label.

Just seemed like the logical way of doing it in today's "safety
paranoia" society.

I am informed that the label should come off the strap and be attached to
the
screw before the clamp is assembled. This is another thing they didn't tell
me when I bought the clamps - that's now two bits that have to be
disassembled
and reassembled in a different position. The rationale is that the warning
label
should be easily readable. Of course, I now have 5 clamps all
clamped badly onto pipes because I didn't reposition the sliding clamp bit
and
with the labels still attached to the strap and the labels obscured 'cause
that's
where they were when I bought them!

Andy.