ItsHot
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NoLox?.. Just curious as to when and where you use a anti- corrosive agent such as NoLox? Thank You!!
NoLox?
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SiddMartin
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when ever you install AL conductors
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- Massachusetts
ItsHot said:
Very rarely.
The NEC does not directly require the use of NoLox, I have seen some GE disconnect switches that called for it on the label of the equipment and in that case I feel 110.3(B) requires it.
weressl
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No bagel or cream cheese either......
No bagel or cream cheese either......
No bagel or cream cheese either......
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stickboy1375
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ItsHot said:
I hate the stuff, makes a mess and doubt its even worth the cause.
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stickboy1375 said:
I don't have any evidence other than my observations. I have seen many aluminum cables burned up at the terminals but never have seen one burned with nolox on it-- at least that I can recall.
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Read his title-- no bagel and cream cheese either-- No lox for him and no soup for you. :grin:iwire said:
stickboy1375
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Dennis Alwon said:
I've seen terminals burnt up also, but its always a loose connection, not one with or without nolox.
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stickboy1375 said:
But why are they loose? I thought nolox help the aluminum from expanding and contracting and that's what loosened the connection. Perhaps I am mistaken on what nolox actually does.
stickboy1375
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Dennis Alwon said:
I always though it was a anti-oxidant, to help protect the surface of the wire?
IMO, if AL is properly torqued, you will probably never see a problem.
ultramegabob
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nolox is an oxidization inhibitor, I use it anytime Im installing aluminum conductors. it keeps your conductors from getting all chalky and corroded especially when its in exterior equipment.
ultramegabob
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stickboy1375 said:
green tea is an anti-oxidant, nolox is an oxidization inhibitor, lol.... :grin:
stickboy1375
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ultramegabob said:
I dont really want to debate it since I do use the stuff, but I just dont see the evidence that it does anything. I've seen pleanty of panels without it and they look like they were installed yesterday.
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peter d
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stickboy1375 said:
Same here.
I just installed some aluminum service cables the other day. I used "noalox" on the connections inside the meter socket, but didn't bother with it on the connections on the inside disconnect.
I read somewhere that torquing the connection properly is what breaks the oxidation barrier on the aluminum wire, not the noalox.
ultramegabob
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iwire said:
I wonder if they sell it in the healthfood section in the grociery store? :grin:
nolox is commonly referd to as "inhibitor" around here...
mivey
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How about magnesium fluoride like on the Hubble telescope:
"The reflecting surfaces are coated with a 3/1,000,000th-inch layer of pure aluminum and protected by a 1/1,000,000th-inch layer of magnesium fluoride."
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/nuts_.and._bolts/optics/
"The reflecting surfaces are coated with a 3/1,000,000th-inch layer of pure aluminum and protected by a 1/1,000,000th-inch layer of magnesium fluoride."
http://hubblesite.org/the_telescope/nuts_.and._bolts/optics/
wptski
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Isn't true that the AL wire used today is made differently and less likely to corrode compared to what was made 25 years ago?
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