On 28 Aug 2007 10:40:20 GMT someone who may be Huge
wrote this:-

(Incidentally, we had the poles (*) & overhead from our house to the 11kV
transformer replaced a couple of months ago, and I was surprised to find out
that the overhead is aluminium.)

Been used for many decades. Obviously not pure aluminium:-)

Restrictions on the use of aluminium conductors inside houses are
entirely sensible, the small conductor sizes make failure more
likely.


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David Hansen, Edinburgh
I will *always* explain revoked encryption keys, unless RIP prevents me
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