I live in a house with aluminum wiring. Proper aluminum connections do not cause fires. I have found outlets in other peoples homes wired with 16 awg lamp cord and I of course replaced it with 12 awg wiring. The aluminum wire coated with copper is a fairly new product only about 30 years old. the pure aluminum wire tried in the late 1950's was not compatible with the switches, outlets, and other connectors used for copper, that caused hot connections and some fires. the copper coating of the newer product is proven compatible. You may notice I recomended steel braided conductors with plastic insulation for only the signaling wiring, the current is very small and the length is only 20 feet. steel can be used and it is very hard to cut with a 'bolt-cutter' to deny the thief their success. My religion states,"Do not tempt thy neighbor." (Make it difficult to steal from me.) Locks and fences make better neighbors, (Minimizing conflicts.) I hope this explains my 'point of view,' I prefer the engineered specifications to hearsay. Wiring is no hobby, and I taught code compliance in an Electrician apprenticeship program for two years.
On 9/1/14, Jan Steinman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Cor van de Water via EV <[email protected]> >> >> Who cares if the charging cable has copper, steel or aluminum wiring, as >> long as it meets the current spec (and possibly the max resistance if >> that is important (voltage drop)? > > Do you live in a house with aluminum wiring in it? > > No. Because they all burned down in the 70s when it was tried and then > banned. > > Let's hope we don't get *that* silly again! > >> From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter C. >> Thompson via EV >>> >>> Utilities and hams have used "copperweld" for many years for airborne >> power lines and antenna wires. This is steel wire with a copper plating. > > Utilities reluctantly use it because pure copper sags too much. Hams can get > away with it in antennas because of the "skin effect," whereby > high-frequency AC tends to flow in the surface of a conductor, rather than > the core. (For this reason, pure copper must be derated when used with radio > frequencies.) > > Steel isn't widely used because iron oxide (rust) is not a good conductor, > and steel rusts easily. Stainless steel is mostly nickel, and is more > expensive than copper. > > There's a lot of good reasons why we use copper for electrical applications! > If only silver were cheaper... > > :::: The first priority for society as a whole is to drastically reduce > consumption of fossil fuel energy and products derived from fossil fuels. > The key action is to curtail. That means buying less, using less, wanting > less and wasting less. To curtail means to cut back or to downsize. Curtail > reflects the seriousness of the current situation more than the politically > acceptable word "conserve." -- Pat Murphy > :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op :::: > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- Dennis Lee Miles (*[email protected] <[email protected]>)* * Founder: **EV Tech. Institute Inc.* *Phone #* *(863) 289-0690 (12 noon to 12 midnight Eastern US Time)* *Educating yourself, does not mean you were **stupid; it means, you are intelligent enough, **to know, that there is plenty left to learn!* * You Tube Video link: http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss <http://youtu.be/T-FVjMRVLss> * _______________________________________________ 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)
