URD verses copper pros and cons

[CGY44]

URD verses copper pros and cons

i have had customers want to no the pro's and cons of using URD verses copper

any one have a good web site that i can direct them too

thank you

[stickboy1375]

URD verses copper pros and cons

i have had customers want to no the pro's and cons of using URD verses copper

any one have a good web site that i can direct them too

thank you


The only thing I would compare it too is money, its going to be a lot less expensive.

[Buck Parrish]

URD verses copper pros and cons

i have had customers want to no the pro's and cons of using URD verses copper

any one have a good web site that i can direct them too

thank you


What's URD ?.................

[mdshunk]

The answer to that question varies daily. My general rule of thumb is that anything bigger than #2 I'll almost always run AL.

[stickboy1375]

The answer to that question varies daily. My general rule of thumb is that anything bigger than #2 I'll almost always run AL.

Anything bigger than #6 I run AL.

[Buck Parrish]

Anything bigger than #6 I run AL.


Okay yeah, me too.
It's because of availability of AL. And cost.

[stickboy1375]

What's URD ?.................


Underground Residential Distribution


Its just like AL. service drop cable but with an insulated neutral, you can get it in many flavors, duplex, triplex, and even quadruplex.

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[peter d]

The poco's almost always use aluminum for UG service laterals. In my own opinion, there is almost no reason to use copper for a residential service (unless you happen to leave near/on the ocean.)

Not only that, aluminum is much less a target for theft. Aluminum scrap prices have not quite reached the level of being desired for widespread thievery like copper.

[JohnJ0906]

The poco's almost always use aluminum for UG service laterals. In my own opinion, there is almost no reason to use copper for a residential service (unless you happen to leave near/on the ocean.)

Not only that, aluminum is much less a target for theft. Aluminum scrap prices have not quite reached the level of being desired for widespread thievery like copper.

Just had to replace a 4/0 AL SEU service drop that someone stole sometime between inspection and POCO hookup. :roll:

[peter d]

Just had to replace a 4/0 AL SEU service drop that someone stole sometime between inspection and POCO hookup. :roll:

Sad but true...almost anything made of metal is ripe for theft these days...I heard that even steel prices have shot up dramatically in the last few weeks.

[3/4 watt]

Have you guys not noticed a problem with aluminum conductors loosing up at the terminations over time?