This standard covers the requirements of line hardware used in overhead lines, including clevis and eye fittings, Y-clevis fittings, socket fittings, ball fittings, chain links, shackles, triangular and rectangular yoke plates, suspension clamps, strain clamps, straight-line deadend clamps, and shoulder live line extension links. This standard provides requirements for hardware used in overhead lines, as well as a repeatable, standardized methodology for performing testing. New IEEE Standard - Active - Draft.