For buried radials, particularly, I would not bother to scrape the enamel
off #16 enameled other than to connect and solder.
Enamel is not the same thing as whatever PVC soup du Jour that is being
used on THHN for insulation because that's what they happen to have in the
barrel in China today.
The question about insulation on radials, has to do with a murky question
about whether bare radials are better than insulated in a dense and uniform
buried radial system. That is not related to THHN buried with insulation,
other than the choice in this bare vs. insulated question.
Bare wire buried radial current measurements, from all the way back in 1937
in the Brown, Lewis and Epstein study, have some interesting aspects, which
add to the murkiness in the question. To my mind it isn't settled either
way and not likely to be settled. Just bury it.
73, Guy K2AV
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 12:55 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> wrote:
> Naw just use a knife and scrape off that enamel.
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> On 12/28/2016 10:46 AM, lstoskopf@cox.net wrote:
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>> Gee guys, I've a 60 pound roll of #16 ga enameled wire sitting in the
>> basement. Got it from a motor rewinding business that went broke. Now I'm
>> afraid to bury it because it is safer in the basement. N0UU
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