Re: Smeggin' heavy wire..

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Yo Erik
Sounds like that 40KV stuff they use for underground cables - its fat
enough!!!

Jason
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Subject: Smeggin' heavy wire..


> Original poster: "Erik Byng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<e_byng-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> Hiya list.
>
> I found this great wire in a scrap-heap the other day, but the id labeling
> has worn off a bit..
>
> Specs are:
> 122 ft long, 4 inches thick, and wieghs about 2lb a foot.
>
> The construction seems to be a pvc like outer hose casing, followed by a
> seal at both ends and a filler of oil, and then another pvc type casing, a
> plastic filler, a rubber wrap, and then another oil filling under low
> pressure, ending in another pvc filled tube with 6ga copper wire,
stranded,
> 34 total strands.  Thats all i know for sure, Im too scared to cut the
thing
> open, what with the pressurized oil and all....
>
> What is this thing?? I need a forklift to move it..
> Thanks
> Erik
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