My sarcasm was missed.
On 12/28/2016 1:59 PM, Guy Olinger wrote:
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
<mailto:w0mu@w0mu.com>> wrote:
Naw just use a knife and scrape off that enamel.
On 12/28/2016 10:46 AM, lstoskopf@cox.net
<mailto:lstoskopf@cox.net> wrote:
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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