So about the big 3...

[dyabolical 10+ year member]

Well i am a commercial/industrial electrician and we are working on a 10 story hospital at the moment. Well we were cleaning up from a days work and we had about...oh 20 feet of 1000 MCM....if only i could get it to flex more!

If anyone doesn't know....1000 MCM is about an inch and a quarter of solid stranded copper...with jacket it is a good inch and a half.

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[wesl56 10+ year member]

thats a little too big for the "big 3"

got some pics?

 

[zthumper 10+ year member]

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[dyabolical 10+ year member]

Heh, i would get pics, but i didn't manage to actually walk away with any.

1000 MCM is about $75 a FOOT.

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

yea copper is the new thing man, all the rappers are getting copper grills and copper chains

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Isnt copper bad for your health?

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

Isnt copper bad for your health?

its necessary, but apparently too much can be:

Copper in our diet is necessary for good health. You eat and drink about 1,000 micrograms (1,000 ug) of copper per day. Drinking water normally contributes approximately 150 ug/day. Immediate effects from drinking water which contains elevated levels of copper include
vomiting

diarrhea

stomach cramps

nausea

The seriousness of these effects can be expected to increase with increased copper levels or length of exposure.

http://dnr.wi.gov/org/water/dwg/copper.htm

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

diarrhea //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

when you're walking down the hall and you hear something fall...

 

[dyabolical 10+ year member]

That is 646.4 MCM. Rated for 40,000 volts. 1600 X24 conductors. I wasn't able to walk away with any of the 1000 MCM.

 

[johnecon2001 5,000+ posts]

holy balls.

That should be sufficient. Good luck bending it hehe.

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

Thats not big enough //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Fast1one 10+ year member]

when you're walking down the hall and you hear something fall...

When your ridin in a chevy and you feal something heavy....

 

[wesl56 10+ year member]

aw man that shit is BIGGGGG.... the kids get outta line just whack em one time with that

 

[dyabolical 10+ year member]

holy balls.
That should be sufficient. Good luck bending it hehe.

It actually bends very easily. You can take a 6 inch long piece and bend the ends together.