[Lowfer] THHN house wire

Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:35:31 -0500

Man dont hurt the tree Ull have the ELF boys after you

Bob

On Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:23:27 -0500 "Bill Ashlock" <[email protected]>
writes:
>Loopers,
>
>>The THHN will probably fail at that power level at LF, because the 
>loss
>>factor of the insulation is higher than at 60 Hz. As soon as then
>>insulation becomes hot enough to soften, it becomes pretty well
>>conductive.  
>
>Mike R: Can you run your test on the wire for 1500v breakdown at 136k? 
>Ifso, how about testing at room temperature, then at approx 120F? I 
>can dothis, but not right away.
>
>>Distance is your friend.
>
>That's what everyone said about placing the same type of wire on the 
>topsof trees at the 1W level. Kinda glad I didn't pay attention! <G>  
>I'll see what the leakage current is to ground for my pipe loop when I 
>place 1500 volts on it. The Insulation on the wire may not be needed.
>
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