Re: Smeggin' heavy wire..

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Sounds like a underground or submarine HV cable. Lots of insulation because
you can't depend on air.  2" of insulation with oil in a cable like that is
probably conservatively good for 135 kV RMS, although it might be a 67 kV
line.  

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Erik Byng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<e_byng-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Hiya list.
> 
> I found this great wire in a scrap-heap the other day, but the id labeling
> has worn off a bit..
> 
> Specs are:
> 122 ft long, 4 inches thick, and wieghs about 2lb a foot.
> 
> The construction seems to be a pvc like outer hose casing, followed by a
> seal at both ends and a filler of oil, and then another pvc type casing, a
> plastic filler, a rubber wrap, and then another oil filling under low
> pressure, ending in another pvc filled tube with 6ga copper wire, stranded,
> 34 total strands.  Thats all i know for sure, Im too scared to cut the thing
> open, what with the pressurized oil and all....
> 
> What is this thing?? I need a forklift to move it..
> Thanks
> Erik
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