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2. Anchor (climbing) - Wikipedia

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   The force on an anchor may be much greater than the weight of the climber. There are various mechanisms that contribute to excess force, including Direction of pull, or vector pulling; Fall factor (if a fall occurs) Stiffness (reduced elasticity) of the climbing rope and anchor materials; improper slippage through the belay device

3. Rock-climbing equipment - Wikipedia

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   Some climbers will use a single full-thickness climbing rope with a diameter of approximately 9 to 11 mm (0.35 to 0.43 in), and some will use double ropes, or "half-ropes", to reduce rope drag (e.g. one rope is clipped into any given anchor or protection point), which have a reduced thickness of approximately 8 to 9 mm (0.31 to 0.35 in) to ...

4. Twist-on wire connector - Wikipedia

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   Twist-on wire connectors are a type of electrical connector used to fasten two or more low-voltage (or extra-low-voltage) electrical conductors. They are widely used in North America and several European countries in residential, commercial and industrial building power wiring, but have been banned in some other jurisdictions.

5. Anchor - Wikipedia

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   The Admiralty Pattern anchor, or simply "Admiralty", also known as a "Fisherman", consists of a central shank with a ring or shackle for attaching the rode (the rope, chain, or cable connecting the ship and the anchor). At the other end of the shank there are two arms, carrying the flukes, while the stock is mounted to the shackle end, at ...

6. Dynamic rope - Wikipedia

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   Instead, the strength of a rope is tested by the number of standard test falls a rope can sustain before breaking. The test falls use an 80 kg weight for single ropes (55 kg for half ropes), and a fall factor of 1.7 (4 meter fall on 2.3 meters of rope).

7. Guy-wire - Wikipedia

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   The anchor must be adequate to resist the maximum tensile load of the guy wires; both the dead load of the tension of the wire and the maximum possible live load due to wind. Since the guy wire exerts its force at an angle, the anchor has both vertical and lateral (horizontal) forces on it.