From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 06/04/2013 10:09 PM, Moe Trin wrote:   
   > On Tue, 04 Jun 2013, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva, in   
   article   
   > , TJ wrote:   
   >   
   >> Moe Trin wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I wound up looping a piece of nylon weed-whacker cord through the   
   >>> vents on the rear, and using a bungee cord to hold the monitor in   
   >>> place.   
   >   
   >> Hmmm. Bungee cord. Don't know why I didn't think of that myself.   
   >   
   > Gotta think outside the box   ;-)   
   >   
   >> Or maybe I could rig up a safety harness with baling twine. I use a   
   >> pretty bright blue-colored poly baling twine these days that would   
   >> look really nice with the gloss black frame of the TV. I have   
   >> approximately 70,000 feet of new stuff on hand, not to mention the   
   >> current cache of loops from fed bales. That should be enough...   
   >   
   > Like Jim, my experience with baling twine is the natural fibers, but   
   > two thoughts - how does it handle the elevated temperatures, and   
   > does it unravel like classic sisal?    The modern LCD monitor isn't   
   > anywhere NEAR as hot as a CRT, but some cords deteriorate in the   
   > higher temperatures.  I was originally thinking of using a MIL Spec   
   > (aircraft wire bundle) lacing cord (nylon or polyester, impregnated   
   > with a fungicidal wax), but had run out of it and didn't feel like   
   > buying a 500 yard spool.  Then I thought of a high temperature wire   
   > (Tefzel which is a Teflon, or fiberglass insulation).  Then I   
   > actually measured the internal temps, and found 120F/49C max.   
   >   
   > As for unraveling - I've got three cats, so there is already kitty   
   > hair everywhere.   
   >   
   >          Old guy   
   >   
   Internal TV temps wouldn't be a consideration, as I had in mind to   
   harness the stand to the shelf, and wouldn't be getting near the TV   
   itself. But I doubt it would be a problem anyway. I've seen the stuff   
   melt, but it was when some touched a tractor muffler. No problem with   
   some in contact with an engine block at an operating temp of 180.   
      
   As for unraveling, yes, it does. The latest versions are designed to   
   mimic natural twine in many ways, and that's one of them. But, it   
   doesn't unravel quite as easily, especially if not disturbed. Natural   
   twine is particularly easy to unravel if it gets wet; this is less so.   
   Both twines won't unravel if you tie a knot in the end of the twine. I   
   haven't tried melting the end like you would with a small engine starter   
   cord, but I expect that might work with poly where the sisal would just   
   burn.   
      
   TJ   
      
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