FluxCore: SINTEF PR26-00288, 22 September 2026, pp.16 and 20. The 475 N ceiling value includes statistical reduction and a safety factor of 2.5. H5 compression was measured without the installation preload of the capacity tests. The proposed 35 kg upper planning value is not a new SINTEF approval, a guaranteed sound rating or a measured dynamic optimum. Green does not establish a minimum working load.
IsoMax: Kinetics Installation Guidelines, 7 March 2011, p.2. The limits are derived from tests where the channel deforms and pulls out: 16.3 kg with 25 ga and 21.8 kg with 22 ga at 2.5:1. The same guide also lists 20.4 kg and 27.2 kg at 2:1. No separate acoustic percentage is stated in that guide; grey is unknown, not poor performance. Kinetics manufacturer guide, hosted by Sweets ↗
GenieClip RST: Pliteq's UK guide labels 16 kg as Max Acoustic Design Load per Clip. It should not receive an invented 75% deduction. The published load is not evidence of failure at that load, nor is a common 2.5 safety factor established by it. The guide excludes heavy point loads. Pliteq technical installation guide ↗
MuteClip: the manufacturer gives 16 kg maximum per clip and recommends no more than 75% to retain suspension performance: 12 kg. A 2.5 safety factor is not stated in the cited material. iKoustic product guidance ↗
Read the colours, not just the bar lengths. These are source-specific limits, not results of a matched acoustic or strength test. Failure strength is not plotted. The safety-factor basis is documented for FluxCore and the selected IsoMax values, not assumed for all brands. A remaining load budget cannot rate a loudspeaker mount: actual reactions, brackets, channels, anchors and dynamic loads require their own check.
Unit switching converts the same physical values; it does not change clip spacing or bar proportions. Source unit pairs are rounded: this chart starts from 475 N for FluxCore, the original 36/48 lb for IsoMax, and 16 kg for GenieClip and MuteClip.