REFLECTOR: Light Weight Fat Wire

[NMFlyer1 at aol.com]

Well, this is interesting. I read all the stuff in the link that Keith  
provided reference "Fat-Wire".  
Sounded great, even though my setup is a little odd. So, Being the cheap  ass 
that I am, I decided to look for other suppliers of copper clad aluminum  
wire. 
 
While it is much lighter, I found some discrepancies on the resistance per  
foot as compared to that listed in their site. Notice they compare resistance  
(aka conductivity) to silver, but compare weight to copper.  
 
I have to say, most of us would not spend $6.75 a foot for wire that would  
save us 3 pounds per aircraft.  We may, however, do that to get lower  
resistance AND a small weight savings. This would come at the expense of a FAT  a$$ 
wire in your duct. 
 
Just thought I would share.   Here is one link that shows very  little 
conductivity difference in AWG-4 copper and AWG-2 CCA.  
Make your own observation. Note, they say it costs less than copper  !!!!
 
_http://www.copperweld.com/pdfs/Bimet_CCAdatasheet.pdf_ 
(http://www.copperweld.com/pdfs/Bimet_CCAdatasheet.pdf)  
 
Kurt ( the pessimistic).  :) 
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