Flylead to SWA without a banjo.

[James]

I like @littlespark idea, use a torpedo joint, cut the outer cover off a couple of feet from the board
joint an earth cable on using the constant force spring
place the torpedo joint cover over and fill with resin.
good solid earth joint without too much physical workout.

 

[Baddegg]

Obviously out of my realm but I was thinking along @westward10 idea, loosen the lock nut and cut a section of the banjo out enough to just spring it over and then tighten lock but back down….

 

[freddo]

There again, with a 400mm sized gland you could probably very carefully tap a 4mm brass bolt into the side of it and make a DIY piranha.

M4 isn't much of a connection point! Imagine drilling in too far and hitting one of the phase cores, while the power is on...

 

[James]

M4 isn't much of a connection point! Imagine drilling in too far and hitting one of the phase cores, while the power is on...

we have all drilled into something live once HAVENT WE?
it goes with a bang and costs you a new drill bit and a pair of underpants!!!

 

[freddo]

we have all drilled into something live once HAVENT WE?
it goes with a bang and costs you a new drill bit and a pair of underpants!!!

I've never drilled into a 400mm cable though! (Not yet anyway) I'm assuming the cable is sized for high current handling not a really long 10amp lighting circuit!

 

[davesparks]

I've never drilled into a 400mm cable though! (Not yet anyway) I'm assuming the cable is sized for high current handling not a really long 10amp lighting circuit!

Oh yeah, it's a 400A TPN submain of a fair length.

Technically you could say it's a lighting circuit though as it does feed the stage lighting dimmers!

 

[davesparks]

I have cut some banjos not in half just to spring it around on some 185.0 but it isn't as easy as it sounds. We had to loosen off the gland itself and use that to tighten as using the lock nut just split the banjo out. There was a lot of cursing and cut fingers but you would never know they had been cut.

Interesting idea, I'll remeber that one.

It possibly wouldn't have worked on this particular one as what you can't really see from the picture is that the gland itself is behind a large trunking taking the outgoing circuits from the DB it feeds.

 

[freddo]

Oh yeah, it's a 400A TPN submain

400A bangs are quite impressive. One was enough though.