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2019年11月4日 · For those who find it difficult to land stranded wire on device screws, there are a few tricks: Reverse-twist the strands which keeps them together better Pinch the loop closed with needle-node pliers while tightening Leave a ring of insulation on the tip of the wire strands Use solid wire pigtails to join with the stranded wires
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2003年10月19日 · Re: stranded vs. solid wire well what prompted me to start this post was that because the HFC was a special order cause it had to be steel jacketed by spec and i wanted stranded. they told me stranded was a special order "i said what are you talking about" they being AFC said solid is the norm for armored cable and once again i say "your kidding right" who in …
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2022年5月26日 · Hey everyone, I need some help convincing an electrical engineer to allow us to install stranded #12 AWG & #10 AWG branch wire. For some context the project is a large warehouse that will be converted into an upscale office. Basic commodities will be used throughout: EMT, MC cable, etc. The...
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2018年1月17日 · Change the last word to "solid" instead of "stranded" and this is pretty much what I was going to say, adding that solid is 10 - 15% cheaper. Caveat, this is for #12 and #14 wire. I buy stranded for #10, though I've pulled my share of solid #10 when it's what I …
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2006年6月5日 · Limit of 10AWG solid and smaller in a raceway, it you want to protect a GEC in PVC or similar it has to be stranded. Smallest GEC allowed is 8 AWG Hard to find listed compression splices for solid wire.
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2008年10月3日 · I have used from 4 to 4/0 bare stranded, I think 4/0 solid might be tough to work with. :wink: The bare stranded has a lower strand count then insulated wire of the same size. Status
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2019年11月4日 · Solid copper wire especially does not belong in flex conduit that connects to motor or many other vibrational machine loads, and the problem is that there is some kind of militancy surrounding not having stranded on the jobsite which leads to problems and failures down the road, to include broken conductors and single phase conditions.
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2008年5月6日 · If it was an issue, then NEC 310-16 would need to seperate out ampacities based on solid and stranded conductors. And here is the kicker for DC. Look at Table 8 Chapter 9 NEC on the right hand side of the table. DC resistances are given. And the solid wire has lower resistance than stranded. So solid is better for DC although the difference is ...
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2010年9月7日 · Common household wires are solid for 14,12 and 10 gauge wire. 8 guage and larger wires are typically stranded. Extension cords, often 16 or 18 gauge, are also typically stranded.Stranded wires are more flexible and less likely to suffer strain if they are stretched. They are more workabl, and won't break with repeated bending.
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2020年6月30日 · Just a general question as for grounding when is it more acceptable to use stranded number 6 copper for grounding versus bare number 6 when connecting a solar array to another solar array that may be 4 feet away. Is there any preference or NEC code for that?