[BC] Long Wire

[Phil Alexander]

Exactly! Mike, you could not be more correct. However
there is a downside to reducing wire size. The smaller
conductor will have greater DC resistance that will
translate into somewhat greater loss, but perhaps more
importantly, it will increase the inductive reactance
which has implications beyond requiring more capacitive
reactance to be in the feed. 

This is why I contend that 3/8" galvanized guy cable
is a better choice for drape wires. Back in the day
(when copper was cheaper) slant wires were often bare
#6 stranded copper for very much the same reason.

Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD

-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike McCarthy <towers at mre.com>
>
>I don't see what reducing the wire size will do in reducing
>the load on the side arms. When the wires load with ice 
>and/or wind, the actual load presented to the arms will be
>about equal to that of the heavier wire with even a wire 
>1/2 the size.  Tension is tension.
>
>If the support arms are bending, they are structurally 
>compromised and need to be replaced with arms more 
>suitable for the application.