/OFFTOPIC Wet copper usually meant that there was a DC loading on the circuit 90volt if I remember correctly The idea was that if there was a marginal connection somwhere in the wiring this loading would cause a spark thereby welding the join back up
I've been told that most circuits today are dry (No DC load) I guess the wiring looms they use today are of better quality Jan. OFFTOPIC/ On Monday 17 Jun 2002 5:08 am, Mike Barushok wrote: : In my location the equivalent to 'dark fiber' over copper is : referred to as 'dry copper', and to order it you usually have : to claim to be installing an alarm system. : : The phrase 'dry copper' seemed weird to me when I first : heard it, since I could not imagine wanting 'wet copper'. : : On Sun, 16 Jun 2002, Robert van der Meulen wrote: : > Quoting Nathan E Norman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): : > > Right; when you bought it, it was "dark". Once you put light into it, : > > it's no longer dark. If someone thinks "dark" denotes who owns the : > > tranceivers, well, they're deluded :) : > : > Both meanings are 100% correct, and 100% acceptable terms. Maybe if you : > compare the term 'dark fiber' to 'raw copper' (as in telco/DSL land) : > you'll find it a less deluded term (unless you think people are trying to : > do DSL over an interconnected network of copper mines). : > : > Greets, : > Robert : > -- : > ( o> Linux Generation : > <o ) ///\ finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my GnuPG/PGP key. : > /\\\ \V_/ : > \_V/ Save the whales. Collect the whole set. : > : > : > -- : > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] : > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
