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Catalog > Electric Fence Splicers, Tensioners, and Clamps Splicing Buckles and Crimp for 0.5” Polytape About Splicing Buckles, Tensioners, and Clamps: There’s no need for wire or polywire splicers–wire ends can be braided together and polywire ends can be tied together. But joining tape (especially 1.5-inch tape) and polyrope is not so easy. For this purpose, splicing buckles for tape (products 5-5, 5-6, and 8-1) and a clamp for polyrope (product 8-6) are recommended. Regarding tensioners, there is little need for tensioners with wire, polywire, polyrope or narrow polytape if the fence is short. But for long fences, especially if a professional finished look is desired, tensioners become useful, and when wide polytape is used they become important. Splicing Buckles and Crimp for 0.5” Polytape Buckles 05-05 and 05-06 can both join two polytape ends. In addition, 05-05 can serve as a gate handle connector, and 05-06 can insert into many pinlock insulators and be used as a gate anchor. The crimp (product 02-40) needs only pliers (no special crimping tool) to apply. However, it is best at making purely electrical connections and is not recommended for making connections involving significant sideways stress. Splicing Buckle for 1.5" Polytape Easy to use. 1.5" Tape Tensioners for Fence Corners and Ends Use the tape corner and end tensioner combo (product 8-2) on steel T-posts; use the tape corner tensioner (product 8-3) and tape end tensioner (product 8-4) on wood posts. Tighteners for Wire, Polywire, and 0.5" Polytape Use a plastic tightener (product 08-05) with polywire or 0.5" polytape. It can be placed anywhere along the fence line and requires no post. For metal wire (including high tensile wire) and also for polywire use a metal tightener (product 08-14). Clamps and Crimps for Polyrope and Polywire Product 08-06A is for joining and manually tightening standard (quarter-inch) polyrope/braid. Product 08-06B is for strongly joining polyrope and polybraid up to 3/8 of an inch in diameter. Product 08-12B is a clamp for strongly joining polywire or for weakly joining quarter-inch polyrope or polybraid. Crimps (products 08-38 and 08-39) may be used for joining polywire or polyrope/braid with an ordinary pliers (no special tool is needed). However, the joint is weaker than that provided by the other products listed here, so we recommend crimps mostly for providing electrical connections rather than for making joints that will be subjected to any significant sideways stress. Clamps and Splicers for High-Tensile Wire The high-tensile clamps/splicers offered here are versatile in that they can handle a wide range of different gauges. The splicer on the left (08-32) works best with 12.5 gauge wire, but it can link smooth wires ranging from 12.5 gauge all the way down to 16 gauge. Similarly, the kwik-splices (08-36) can accommodate 12.5 to 15.5 gauge galvanized high-tensile wire. These splices need to be applied with a kwik-splice tool (product 08-37). |
