making buss bar- help

[jaco 10+ year member]

i am going to make a buss bar for my batteries

and can't seem to find copper flat bar locally

but can find aluminum and steele every where

will either of these work good or should i

hold out til i find copper.

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[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

i am going to make a buss bar for my batteriesand can't seem to find copper flat bar locally

but can find aluminum and steele every where

will either of these work good or should i

hold out til i find copper.

aluminum will work better than steel. I found some copper on ebay for cheap it was 6" wide X 24" long X 1/4" thick. It was weathered copper but I just sanded it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[jaco 10+ year member]

i just looked on ebay and found some but it's $$$$$$

and it's shiny and new but man is it $$$$

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

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[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-4-X-1-X-12-LONG-COPPER-FLAT-BAR-CDA-110-NEW_W0QQitemZ190120995734QQihZ009QQcategoryZ58258QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it maybe to short on width but it may work for ya.

 

[jaco 10+ year member]

yea that's what i found

i'd have to have 2 of those and it'd be $40

 

[SPL140.2 5,000+ posts]

yep copper is expensive //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[king_jebus 10+ year member]

yep copper is expensive //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

It sure is. That's why people are ripping down power lines in the middle of the night in my county. Selling the copper for crack. It was on the news and everything! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[yama168 10+ year member]

same as Hawaii we have miles and miles of darkend freeways due to crackheads posing as highway maintance workers by day. Every time the state replaces the cooper someone returns in couple days to steal the cooper again so thats our problem.

 

[billabongcr 5,000+ posts]

i hate it when people steel my cooper.

 

[Blunt 10+ year member]

alum works fine