From: Peter C. Thompson >In any case, as long as surplus copper can bring in some cash, there >will always be cable theft.
Then make the wire out of something else. Aluminum, or even steel. I had problems with the neighbor cutting the perimeter wire for my Robomower (which is an EV, so it's on-topic, right?). I finally replaced it with plastic-jacketed steel aircraft cable. End of problem :-) Utilities and hams have used "copperweld" for many years for airborne power lines and antenna wires. This is steel wire with a copper plating. If you have enough cross sectional area, you can still have a low enough resistance. It's far stronger and cheaper than copper. And much harder to cut, and next to worthless on the scrap market. -- Excellence does not require perfection. -- Henry James -- Lee A. Hart http://www.sunrise-ev.com/controllers.htm now includes the GE EV-1 _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
