User Manual
V1.0 2017 Copyright SAFEWAZE ™
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Housing Plate
Housing Plate
Housing Plate
Release
Rotate Clockwise
to lock Drum/Rope
Tensioner Anchorage
Attachment Point
Installation and Use
1.
Depress Housing Plate Release button and swive apart Housing Plates. Wrap rope around the
drum of the tensioner as indicated related to rope end anchor point. Observe the path of the rope
with regard to both the drum and housing plate edges.
2.
With a carabiner and cross arm strap, attach the thimbled end of the rope to one anchorage and
with the second carabiner secure the tensioner to the second anchorage via the Tensioner Anchorage
Attachment Point. If the tensioner is installed as indicated, the tail of the rope will hang down.
3.
Pull slack through the tensioner by hand, and check that the rope is sitting in the groove of the
drum at this time. Ensure that as rope stays in the groove of the drum.
4.
The rope can be pulled through the tensioner so that the horizontal portion of the lifeline becomes
taught enough to hold and arrest a fall. Once satisfactory tension is achieved on the lifeline, rotate the
lever as indicated until rotation of lever stops(Figure 1), to lock the drum/rope in the tensioner. This
may be tested by loading the rope 5 ft (1.5 m) from the tensioner by hand pulling downward on the
lifeline. The sag of the lifeline should not exceed 4 in (100 mm).
Tensioning Lever
Thimbled End of Rope to
Anchorage
Free End of Rope at
Tensioner
Housing Plates Closed
Drum of Tensioner
Tensioning Lever
Front Housing Plate
Rear Housing Plate
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
