Could the stealing and recycling problem be solved by using a specially colored outer insulation (not an additional jacket), or would that just be stripped down easily to the inner insulated wires?
On September 1, 2014 3:50:35 PM CDT, Michael Ross via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: >" >And, of course, much of this is because of the value in scrap copper >combined with the anonymity of "recycling" operations. Some sort of >regulation might be called for, but I don't know how to pull that off." > >I recently made trip yo a recycling yard where I was photographed, the >transaction video recorded, and my drivers license photographed. They >can >match me to every item I brought in that day. This helps prevent large >scale ripoffs of construction material and disassembling old homes. > >However, a cable is pretty anonymous and any sort of enforcement is >going >to require a solid (no reasonable doubt) connection to the actual >theft. >Which is how it should be. I don't see further regulation making >anything >but a larger mess than I would like to see. I also don't see this >current >level of regulation helping at all. > >I think Cu filled Al wire make a lot of sense. > >Having seen the effects of weather on connections to aluminum wire I >wonder >how one makes a reliable connection to this sort of wire for high >current > applications? Aluminum also hates to be bent and rebent, making work >hardening and fracture a realistic failure mode. What strategies >prevent >this? > > >On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Ben Goren via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> >wrote: > >> On Sep 1, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Cor van de Water via EV ><ev@lists.evdl.org> >> wrote: >> SNIP >> >> >> And, of course, much of this is because of the value in scrap copper >> combined with the anonymity of "recycling" operations. Some sort of >> regulation might be called for, but I don't know how to pull that >off. >> SNIP >> >> A Michael E. Ross > >(919) 550-2430 Land >(919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google >Phone >(919) 631-1451 Cell >(919) 513-0418 Desk > >michael.e.r...@gmail.com ><michael.e.r...@gmail.com> >-------------- next part -------------- >An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >URL: ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140901/fb2cedfc/attachment.htm> >_______________________________________________ >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) -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140901/62e76393/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
