Wouldn't stranded wire be preferred for such a use? Maybe I'm missing something, but it seems that solid wire would be more prone to breakage.
Matt KK4CPS On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Herb Schoenbohm <[email protected]> wrote: > Wish we had a Lowes here in the VI but I will look and see if Home Depot > has a solid wire equivalent. They have THHN is stranded but I am not sure > about solid insulated #14 as i have not ever seen that. > > Herb, KV4FZ > > > > > On 6/26/2014 8:17 AM, Dave Heil wrote: > >> That seems a little too much work when Lowe's sells 500 foot spools of >> insulated #14 for $45. >> >> 73, >> >> Dave K8MN >> >> On 6/24/2014 19 46, Herb Schoenbohm wrote: >> >>> I found a great source for radial wire at home Depot where they have >>> 100' rolls of 14-2 packaged for under $40. Two conductors are insulated >>> and one of course is not after the easy job of striping them across a >>> bench jig or simple having a second person hold a pocket knife while you >>> pull the conductors apart you end up with 300 feet of higher quality >>> ground radial material. 2 each 100 foot insulated radials due to the VF >>> are very close to 1/4 wave consideration and the the shorter 100 foot >>> bare doesn't hurt either. This of course brings up the issue of mixing >>> bare and insulated wire in any ground system so I use the bare conductor >>> for other 80 and 40 verticals. Yet the sum of the three wires is >>> cheaper than buying them individually it seems. >>> >> >> _________________ >> Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband >> > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
