Sputnik Wires
Construction Date : March 2010
Location : WIRED Lab Site
Number of Wires : 2
System : Upper Wire / Lower Wire, wooden H pole support at loop end & single pole with two star pickets at tensioning end, ceramic insulators.
Upper Wire : 2.5mm diameter high tensile fencing wire spanning 160m. Looped through pulley at H post to give 2 x 80m spans.
Lower Wire : 3.15mm diameter high tensile fencing wire spanning 160m. Looped through pulley at H post to give 2 x 80m spans.
Additional Info : Constructed during the March 2010 residency as a set of “research wires” close to a cottage known as “The Sputnik”.