To: Hydroshock
Aren't electric service wires ALUMINUM?.......
14 posted on
07/18/2006 11:16:16 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Is Castro dead yet?........)
To: Red Badger
no, usually copper is perfer for electrical services.
19 posted on
07/18/2006 11:18:03 AM PDT by
Rodm
(Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings)
To: Red Badger
Aren't electric service wires ALUMINUM?....... And you're just telling him this NOW???? /sarc
To: Red Badger
Aren't electric service wires ALUMINUM?....... Nope.
Aluminum is used with large diameter long distance wires on really high towers for really high voltages, but lower down, closer to people and homes, they revert back to the safer and more efficient copper.
28 posted on
07/18/2006 11:26:32 AM PDT by
ElkGroveDan
(California bashers will be called out)
To: Red Badger
Usually it's only the really big one's that they run high up, that and the modular conduit busses they use in high rises sometimes.
33 posted on
07/18/2006 11:32:09 AM PDT by
Bikers4Bush
(Flood waters rising, heading for more conservative ground. Vote for true conservatives!)
To: Red Badger
Aren't electric service wires ALUMINUM?.......
I don't think it really matters... all metals are going through the roof
To: Red Badger
They tried it for a little while back in the 80s when copper prices spiked so there are some aluminum wires around.
Now that copper is up again you may see aluminum make a comeback.
The problem is that aluminum has a higher resistance than copper and therefore the diameter must be allot bigger to handle the load without overheating, almost twice as much.
Plus Aluminum has higher oxidation rate than copper so copper price have to be pretty high, as they now are, to make the switch.
51 posted on
07/18/2006 11:46:03 AM PDT by
HEY4QDEMS
(Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
To: Red Badger
It's been a long time since we installed any copper service wire.
73 posted on
07/18/2006 12:35:07 PM PDT by
Past Your Eyes
(Often wrong but never in doubt.)
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