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What are “type numbers” and why are they used instead of strandings for Trap Wire conductors?

April 26, 2017conductors strandings trap Used wire

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What are “type numbers” and why are they used instead of strandings for Trap Wire conductors?

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A “type number” is simply the percent area ratio of steel to aluminum in a conductor. Type numbers are used to indicate the relative strengths of conducts, just as strandings do for round-wire constructions.