Larry, I wonder if there is something more going on there than just the increased resistance of the stainless steel metal compared to copper (or bronze?).
Is your “large 160M base coil” made of quarter inch copper tubing? Roy > On Nov 15, 2020, at 6:20 PM, Larry-k1uo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Probably everyone but me knew or knows this but it seems it is NOT a good > idea to use stainless steel band clamps as coil taps. Especially on a large > 160M Base coil. Oh well…. The ss band only got red hot and caused the > #10 wire coils underneath it to melt into the pvc form and did not start a > fire at least. > Regards Larry K1UO > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector Roy Morgan K1LKY since 1958 [email protected] _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
