[BC] Long Wire

[Mike Holderfield]

Phil,

I have used #4 ASCR for the drape wires with
good success.

On 2/21/2010 12:53 AM, Phil Alexander wrote:
>
> 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