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![]() cooltube wrote: No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT As opposed to 'fake' copper wire? dxAce Michigan USA |
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On Sun, 8 May 2005 10:10:10 -0400, "cooltube"
wrote: No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT That wire looks really fragile. Can you do it in steel? Braided copper? |
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On Sun, 08 May 2005 10:38:40 -0400, dxAce wrote:
cooltube wrote: No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT As opposed to 'fake' copper wire? dxAce Michigan Most all copper wire on the market is soft draw and will break after a few years of constant tension. Hard draw copper wire is very tough and robust. I use 18g lamp safety wire. This is the thin copper wire that servers as a safety ground and as a safety wire in case a link in the lamp chain breaks in hanging chandeliers. |
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On Sun, 08 May 2005 09:58:48 -0600, yea right wrote:
On Sun, 08 May 2005 10:38:40 -0400, dxAce wrote: cooltube wrote: No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT As opposed to 'fake' copper wire? dxAce Michigan Most all copper wire on the market is soft draw and will break after a few years of constant tension. Hard draw copper wire is very tough and robust. I use 18g lamp safety wire. This is the thin copper wire that servers as a safety ground and as a safety wire in case a link in the lamp chain breaks in hanging chandeliers. I have 50' of thin braided copper wire from Home Depot that's been under constant tension for 6 years 9 months. Enough tension to deflect the top of a 20' support (two fence rails, a spike base and a building clamp at 9') 2 to 3 inches. |
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Would be a real deal if you would keep the cheap STEEL plastic coated wire
and just offer the insulators alone.....I like the wire ties you have on the wire....made for tying reinforcment steel in concrete.....so is the cheap antenna wire you offer with the insulators. a BAAAAAAAD deal! "cooltube" wrote in message ... No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT |
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On Sun, 8 May 2005 14:31:25 -0400, "Beau" wrote:
Would be a real deal if you would keep the cheap STEEL plastic coated wire and just offer the insulators alone.....I like the wire ties you have on the wire....made for tying reinforcment steel in concrete.....so is the cheap antenna wire you offer with the insulators. a BAAAAAAAD deal! "cooltube" wrote in message ... No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...e=STRK:MESE:IT 25g steel wire makes excellent long random wires. |
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Beau wrote:
Would be a real deal if you would keep the cheap STEEL plastic coated wire and just offer the insulators alone.....I like the wire ties you have on the wire....made for tying reinforcment steel in concrete.....so is the cheap antenna wire you offer with the insulators. a BAAAAAAAD deal! Like the stainless steel messenger wire used in figure-8 CATV drops? It has a plastic jacket and is made to support more than its own weight for years. 100 foot drops of RG59 or RG6 are common and the messenger wire will peel away from the coax. I had several thousand feet of it, but my retired dad found my stash and has used all of it for his yard and garden projects. The only bad thing is trying to solder to it, but a clamp and N0-OX will take care of that. -- Former professional electron wrangler. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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From: (yea=A0right)
On Sun, 08 May 2005 10:38:40 -0400, dxAce wrote: cooltube wrote: No Bids @$10, gotta see. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...0986208&ss P= ageName=3DSTRK:MESE:IT As opposed to 'fake' copper wire? dxAce Michigan Hahaha.. Most all copper wire on the market is soft draw and will break after a few years of constant tension. Hard draw copper wire is very tough and robust. I use 18g lamp safety wire. This is the thin copper wire that servers as a safety ground and as a safety wire in case a link in the lamp chain breaks in hanging chandeliers. Copper wire should NEVER be used as your ground because ( the reasons you stated, in addition to... ) the inductance value is **** poor. Copper strap is always desirable over wire. FWIW, many people, hammies included, feel they are using copper wire when they are in reality using copper COATED wire. No matter,,, copper wire doesn't compare to copper strap. |
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