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1. [TowerTalk] Stretching THHN house wiring (score: 1): Author: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:52:13 -0500; Is THHN and similar, garden-variety house wire soft-drawn or hard? If the former, what is a reasonable expectation as to how much it will stretch under, say, 100 lb of tension before work hardening s; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00857.html (6,911 bytes)
2. Re: [TowerTalk] Stretching THHN house wiring (score: 1): Author: "Clive Whelan" <clive.whelan@btinternet.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 18:09:55 -0000; Pete Not sure if it's relevant, but I discovered to my cost when making a 21Mhz Moxon that typical PVC insulated wire will exhibit a "velocity factor", and ends up 3 to 4% long. This may not be very; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00858.html (8,879 bytes)
3. Re: [TowerTalk] Stretching THHN house wiring (score: 1): Author: Cqtestk4xs@aol.com; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:36:05 EST; Not sure if it's relevant, but I discovered to my cost when making a 21Mhz Moxon that typical PVC insulated wire will exhibit a "velocity factor", and ends up 3 to 4% long. This may not be very signi; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00859.html (7,345 bytes)
4. Re: [TowerTalk] Stretching THHN house wiring (score: 1): Author: Lee Buller <k0wa@swbell.net>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:22:45 -0800 (PST); Pete, What I have done before putting up THHN House wiring is to pre-streach it. I would take about 100 foot or so....then tie one end to a fence post and the other to the bumper on my car. Drive off; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00863.html (8,072 bytes)
5. Re: [TowerTalk] Stretching THHN house wiring (score: 1): Author: "BRENT BAUM" <brentbaum5323@msn.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 13:30:17 -0700; Interesting technique. I'm willing to bet 3 rusted tower bolts that 80 to 90% of the time the wire broke where it was connected to either the fence post or the car. Sharp bends and knots are usually; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00864.html (9,412 bytes)
6. Re: [TowerTalk] Stretching THHN house wiring (score: 1): Author: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:31:52 -0800; Yes. What you end up with is hard drawn copper! I've done that, and, as I recall, the stretch was something like 5-10%. Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ ______________________; /archives//html/Towertalk/2006-11/msg00878.html (7,829 bytes)

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