What is a safe way to support the dynamometer cable during pumping unit operation and dynamometer data acquisition?

The dynamometer cable can become tangled in wellhead connections as the pumping unit polished rod and load cell travels up and down. The dynamometer cable attaching the load cell to the data acquisition box should be protect from being entangled with wellhead connections by supporting the cable in such a manner that the cable will not be caught by wellhead connections during polished rod movement. One end of the coiled dynamometer cable is connected to the load cell. In the picture below, the load cell is the polished rod transducer that attaches to the polished rod and measures the change is diameter of the polished rod and converts this change in diameter into a change in load. The other end of the coiled cable is suspended midway up the ladder or Sampson post. The far end on the coiled cable is attached to the 25-foot cable that is connected to the Well Analyzer. This setup is a safe way to protect the dynamometer cable, the cable connectors and the connector on the load cell.

 

 

 

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