50% copper tariff just imposed

[ptonsparky]

We did most of our overhead services in Cu. Never used SE cable that I can remember. It was still relatively reasonable at that time.

 

[ModbusMan]

?? How many dwellings have Cu Service Conductors?

Probably depends on the route, utility company, and date. Take my house and my parents... both are Cleveland Electric Illuminating, but I've got buried aluminum, they have aerial copper. Mine was built in '78, theirs in '65.

 

[WD40]

?? How many dwellings have Cu Service Conductors?

All the new stuff here is UG laterals, tails from the meter/main are short.
I have seen many times where someone used the leftover utility style URD as the entrance tails to the indoor loadcenter and it as the old style stuff.
I do wonder how many new homes have that I think its called 'AAC 1350' style aluminum URD that is not the 'newer' alloy of AL.

 

[VirutalElectrician]

America's growing copper crisis finds a promising solution in Arizona's backyard

Ivanhoe Electric aims to open the first new U.S. copper mine in over a decade in Casa Grande, Arizona, near Phoenix, addressing America's copper shortage.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[VirutalElectrician]

Menards is $110AR on 12/2 250'. Menards is always the cheapest anywhere on NM, UF, and THHN. But their AL is about twice that of the supply houses for some reason. Menards never dropped their AL wire prices from covid levels.

Menards is now up to $130 AR on 12/2. Home Depot is now $146. Menards This is a $20 jump from last week.
a 500' roll of 12awg THHN remains unchanged at $105 at Menards.

 

[AC\DC]

All a bargaining game man it’s poker- may win may lose but better to try than just keep paying the ante and folding all the time