Wire gripping assembly for drop wire support of electrical boxes or light fixtures

A wire gripping assembly for supporting a load from a support, said wire gripping assembly comprising:

• a wire gripper including a wire gripper body, a through bore longitudinally through said body, a clip member, and a thumbscrew for adjusting said clip member with respect to said body;
• said wire gripper body including a base portion having two ends, a top, a bottom, two sides, and a boss integral with said base portion and extending orthogonally from said top of said base portion;
• a cable including a first end and a second end;
• an end connector on said second end of said cable, whereby one of said ends of said cable is adapted to secure to said load, a second of said ends is adapted to secure to said support, and said thumbscrew is capable of being hand tightened to secure said cable to said wire gripper assembly;
• a threaded bore in said boss;
• said through bore extends through said boss thereby forming a ledge in said boss immediately below said through bore;
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• said ledge includes two ends.