copper v alum. service

[sparky_james]

never had trouble installing al. , never used torque rench always used no-ox and it works fine...:grin:

 

[celtic]

Good point Celtic....... So if you had a CB/lug sized for 8's you could not terminate #6 or 4's??

Sometimes you can run into trouble with the smaller CBs....it's when you get the larger CBs ..say one sized for 500MCM and a "design change" now has you pull 600 or 750 MCM that you really run into the headaches.

 

[charlie]

. . . Why is copper less forgiving than aluminum? . .

Copper is more forgiving than aluminum. :smile:

 

[nolabama]

never had any problems with al for an underground service - i couldnt begin to think of a good reason to use copper underground