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Re: Is this wire worth anything? 8-3 Aluminum 70 feet

gerdman

2007-03-29, 1:25 pm

On Mar 29, 9:21 am, "bill allemann" <custom4...@sbcglobal.netINVALID>
wrote:
> "gerdman" <gerd...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1175163789.253732.94250@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
>
>
> Not so!
> That's why for the same ampacity, aluminum is called out at larger sizes
> than copper.

Oops, my bad lol. Aluminum is roughly double the conductivity by
WEIGHT. Hence why it is used for overhead transmission lines.

Thanks for the correction Bill

Gary

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