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Choice between CU and AL cables
Don't forget a major consideration is weight: quite true that Al ampacities require larger conductors than Cu, but once conductor sizes approach 300 kcmil/MCM there is a clear advantage to field pulls of AL because it is much lighter. modern Al conductors have alloy additions overcoming many...- kjn
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- Forum: Electric motors & generators engineering
