As far as I remember, if you donot have the proper connector between the Al
and Cu you will have bad results. The electrical power companies have a
strong crimping methos. The Cu and brass is what is generally used as
brass is an alloy containing Cu.
Chris opr VE7HCB
At 11:19 PM 2002-01-10 -0500, Eric Rosenberg wrote:
>I'm putting together a Single Point Ground system and exterior box for
>connectors, et al.
>
>I'm concerned that there will likely be dissimlar metals involved --
>
>The lightning arrestors (ICE and Polyphaser) are aluminum, the grounding
>wires and cables are copper, and the panels for the box's interior panel
>is aluminum and I can make ht eSPG whatever I want.
>
>My questions are this...will there be a problem with aluminum and copper
>being bolted together? Should I go to another metal? What happens with
>brass and copper?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Eric W3DQ
>Washington, DC
>
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