Abstract: A stretching and connection device for electric cables leading to a submersible electric machine such as a pump or a turbine operating in a tank or shaft (1) and which is surrounded by flowing water during operation, the device including a metal wire (8) for keeping the cables (6), (7) into a package, extending between the electric machine (3) and a beam (11) at the upper part of the tank or the shaft (1). The upper connection of [said] the wire and cables are provided with adjustment screws (12), (13) by which predetermined connection forces may be given the wire and the cables, thus preventing them from, swinging in the flowing water.