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MEXICOWANDERER
Oct 13, 2018Explorer
0000 THHN cables. I was forced to use them 25 years ago when I came up to help a friend wire his shop. Had to tie into 600 volts then run four aught 80' to a transformer the size of a stick n brick chest freezer.
The only way I could bend the THHN was with an oversize EMT bender. Then slip conduit over the cables. Man what a fight. The owner had a titanic lathe with a 30 hp motor. Six smaller lathes 3 CNC vertical mills and a bunch of other machinery. 20Kw of metal halide lighting.
Talk about doing things the hard way (!) The business had a monthly electrical bill into the thousands of dollars.
So when the subject of "supple wire" comes around I ca really appreciate it.
Welding cable neoprene (Hypalon) does not have much cut resistance. DLO locomotive cable does have good insulation. A bit stiffer but then it is rated for two thousand volts.
The only way I could bend the THHN was with an oversize EMT bender. Then slip conduit over the cables. Man what a fight. The owner had a titanic lathe with a 30 hp motor. Six smaller lathes 3 CNC vertical mills and a bunch of other machinery. 20Kw of metal halide lighting.
Talk about doing things the hard way (!) The business had a monthly electrical bill into the thousands of dollars.
So when the subject of "supple wire" comes around I ca really appreciate it.
Welding cable neoprene (Hypalon) does not have much cut resistance. DLO locomotive cable does have good insulation. A bit stiffer but then it is rated for two thousand volts.
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