RE: [TCML] primary tubing - now Aluminum wiring failures

["Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is a recreational housing development near where I live that was wired
twenty years ago with all Aluminum.

http://theglenatmaplefalls.com/

The majority of this wiring has failed and each householder is looking at
having to put $7K to $12K into what is a glorified trailer park.

Commercial installations can use Al wiring but residential use is now no
longer a good idea...

Dave 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lau, Gary
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 5:48 AM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [TCML] primary tubing
> 
> 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-----
> > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Yurtle Turtle
> > Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:09 AM
> > To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> > 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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