RE: [TCML] primary tubing

[Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had to do the same thing on the meter base at my house. It had overheated enough to trash the plastic portions. The power company gave me a new meter base, and I just pulled the guts out of the new one and put it in the old meter base.

--- On Mon, 11/9/09, Lau, Gary <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Lau, Gary <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [TCML] primary tubing
> To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, November 9, 2009, 7:48 AM
> And I've had the power company
> replace the clamped connections to the wire running between
> poles, and where the wire to my house joins the wire to my
> meter.  Both were Al-to-Al connections and both were
> faulty just a few years after installation.  This is
> not to say that reliable Al connections can't be made, just
> that it's a good deal more difficult than working with Cu.
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of Yurtle Turtle
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> > Subject: Re: [TCML] primary tubing
> > 
> > Almost all residential houses use aluminum wire to run
> from the meter base to the
> > breaker panel. That's a 200 amp circuit with nothing
> more than a mechanical
> > connection and an anti oxidant grease.
> > 
> > Adam
> 
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