Splicing to ACSR triplex
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What kind are you talking about? The H tap connectors and the barrel splices are listed for ACSR.
mjf
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POCO drops have aluminum neutral around here. Or maybe I'm wrong...sure cuts like aluminum though
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Hmmmm, I didn't notice that. Split bolts, aluminum reducers, Ilsco Kup-L-Taps, etc. don't always have ACSR listed. I was told by another electrician that it's still ok to use them because the steal messenger cable has aluminum in it :roll:
ptonsparky
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That is what I use...I hope I haven't been wrong again.
The steel cable is steel. It is one strand in the center. All the rest are aluminum. There are ACSR listed split bolts
I guess the other sparky was right when he told me that the steel cable had aluminum in it
Not quite. The steel cable has aluminum around it, not in it.
"Sparrow" (#2 aluminum) or "Raven"(1/0 aluminum) is 6 strands of aluminum around one strand of steel in the center.
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mjf
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I love the wealth of knowledge on this site.
I continue to learn more and more as I continue to realize how little (in the grand scheme of things) I already know.
I continue to learn more and more as I continue to realize how little (in the grand scheme of things) I already know.
That's what he said. The messenger cable had aluminum in it, same as you said.
AROUND it, not IN it...:lol::lol::lol:
The aluminum conductors are IN the cable, they are around a single strand of steel.
readydave8
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I usually bought H-crimps from poco, that way it was the same whether I crimped or they did.
kwired
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You need to watch what kind of cutters you use when cutting ACSR. Dykes, bolt cutters, and other pinching type cutters are OK, but slicing type cutters usually don't have hard enough cutting edge to take hard steel strand in an ASCR cable, and it will damage your cutter. Most of these cutters are marked to indicate they are for copper and aluminum only.
stevebea
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Did you learn that the hard way.... like I did? :slaphead:
kwired
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Maybe a long time ago, now I usually have to watch any new help to make sure they don't learn the hard way - especially with more expensive cutters like ratcheting style.
Blaer
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"ACSR" means "Aluminum Cable, Steel Reinforced." Only the few center strands are steel- most of the wire is aluminum. That's why cutting it with cable cutters only makes a little nick in the blades.
Your connector only touches the aluminum.
Your connector only touches the aluminum.
kwired
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Yet that little nick seems to make that cutter perform entirely different than it used to.
Brand new cutter is always the one a new helper will use to cut such a cable.
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