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Cable dressing

Cable dressing ensures that electrical cables used in a telecommunications facility are neatly arranged. Cable ties, cable channels and cable lacing cord are used to accomplish this.

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Cable dressing ensures that electrical cables used in a telecommunications facility are neatly arranged. Cable ties, cable channels and cable lacing cord are used to accomplish this.

High tension cables are often arranged in a trefoil pattern to allow cable cleats to have sufficient strength with the high forces experienced under short circuit conditions.1

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