[TowerTalk] Beverage/Wire Lesson

[T. A. Russell]

My experience with galvanized steel electric fence wire is that it
will rust in a few years.  Some farm supply stores now carry
aluminum electric fence wire but I don't remember the cost.

I guess my untensioned unterminated insulated stranded wire
"Beverages" thrown over tree limbs looping from tree to tree 
should not even work!  :-)

de  Tom  N4KG

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On Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:18:05 +0000 "Barry Kutner" <w2up@itw.com> writes:
>On 26 Sep 97, Press W Jones <n8ug@juno.com> wrote:
>
>> Look for the same problem in larger wire, Jeffrey - it will be the 
>same
>> copper at a greater  weight, so the effect will be similar. We have 
>sold
>> miles of 18 AWG solid copper clad steel (30%cu) for beverages over 
>the
>> years and it works great. Cheap, too, at $37.00/1000ft. Other
>> choices(insulated, etc) available, too.
>Even cheaper and just as good, IMO, is 17 ga galvanzied steel 
>electric fence wire. 1/2 mile about $10!
>73 Barry
>
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