drip loop

Isaac Kremer/ May 10, 2019/ / 0 comments

A loop made in an electric wire at the point where it enters a building. The wire is bent down so that the lowest part of the loop will be below the point of entrance to the building, and accumulated moisture will then drip from the wire instead of running into the hole through which the wire enters. Moisture about the wire where it touches other substances makes leakage of the current more probable. (Sturgis, 1900)