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Title: What do you call...
Post by CWatters on Sep 26^th, 2011, 7:46pm

..those galvanised metal covers you see on the side of telephone poles to protect wires?

Anyone know a source? All I can find are short cable entry covers.

Title: Re: What do you call...
Post by Lectrician on Sep 26^th, 2011, 9:05pm

Usually known as Cable Guard or Cable Capping.

Comes in two sorts - flat and chamfered - one for walls and one for poles.

Usually plastic these days.

One of our wholesaler keeps some lengths, not too sure where to look online.

[edit]Actually, TLC seem to do it - http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Cable_Accessories_Index/Cable_Guard/index.html[/edit]

Title: Re: What do you call...
Post by CWatters on Sep 27^th, 2011, 10:51am

Thanks for that. I'd actually looked at the TLC site and not managed to find it.