[Lowfer] Al Wire as a loop conductor

[Scott Tilley]

Warren/John

Stan may be thinking of the older style conductors that where installed 
in threes  with an insulator spacing them to prevent contact.  These 
still exist even up here and are a constant source of fire and 
misadventure as the conductor's insulation where not UV or weather 
proof.  Hence the need for spacers.  These drops often cause fires at 
the interface to the house where they come in close contact.

73 Scott


On 11/4/2011 7:25 PM, John Bruce McCreath wrote:
> I've had a 100 foot span of aluminum service drop wire (#2 gauge I think) being blown around
> by the wind for over ten years with no problem.  Someone posted the following which I don't
> quite understand:
>
>> The 000 gauge aluminum stranded service drop wire, as a single conductor,
>>   may not be UV rated for use in the sunlight and weather.
> In their intended use they are exposed to UV every day!  Whether in the original triplex form
> or as a single conductor shouldn't have any bearing to environmental concerns.  Maybe it
> was the underground service wire they where thinking of.  To me a "drop" is above ground.
>
> 73, J.B., VE3EAR
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