At 03:42 PM 4/5/07, VE2RYY wrote:
>Will that aluminium electric fence wire be better than the aluminium welding
>wire...
>Very hard to say...I never made experience with electric fence wire.
I don't know what other metals might be
in either, which could cause some differences.
>It also was offered to me galvanized electric fence wire 16 ga....
>I think this galvanized wire will last longer than aluminium wire ????
>This this the question...
Galvanized might last longer than Al, but some
galvanized welded wire mesh I installed ~10 years ago
is now very rusty. If kept in salt-free air, galvanized
should last longer than you live, but it will definitely
rust if it contacts the ground for an extended time.
If you plan this to be a permanent in-ground
installation, you really need copper. If you go to elevated
radials, either Al or galvanized should be OK.
73, Bill W4ZV
P.S. K1FK just sent me the following comment:
"I used #19 aluminum fence wire back in MO to
supplement my copper radial system, all of which were
laid into zoysia sod. The heavy doses of 34-0-0 fertilizer
4 times a season took out the aluminum in two years time!
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