ALUMINUM? Are you serious? That was banned years ago in houses for a
reason.
Stick with copper.
Dan/W4NTI
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From: <AB4RU@aol.com>
To: <secc@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [SECC] Amps
> In a message dated 6/21/01 11:44:44 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> jpryor@arches.uga.edu writes:
>
> > I'm having some electrical work done at the house and thought I would
get
> > the electrician to run a 220V line to the shack, for an amplifier when
I
> > add one. How many amps should the 220V line be?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Jay, K4OGG
>
> Hi Jay,
> You can buy an aluminum 3 conductor cable, wrapped in a sheath, used for
> electrical appliance service in homes and is cheaper than copper. A #6 AWG
is
> common and should be good for about 40 amps. Run that to your shack and
split
> off that with a fuse box with smaller gauge wire if necessary. That will
keep
> the voltage drop minimal if you have a long run. Use Nolox on the
connections
> to avoid corrosion, common with the use of aluminum wire.
>
> Ron
>
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