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    Quote Originally Posted by rat*******101 View Post
    In the past year my crew has reconductored around 2 miles of 4/0 copper to 795 aaac. We still have many circuits that have 4/0 copper conductor. The job we just finished was re-insulating about 20 spans of 4/0 copper primary and installing standoff brackets for the new insulators. As far as "jab ons" I have used both them and deadends on the 4/0 for cutting in switches, deadends, cutting out damaged sections from lightening, etc.

    Still pretty common around here to spot 4/0 Copper, especially in old larger towns. Saw 2/0 and if I remember correctly 4/0 solid Cu on open wire secondaries in an old industrial area in Jacksonville about 14 years ago when contracting. Still had plenty of the A wire copper weld up there as well. Speaking of A wire or copper weld, when in Louisville in 08 they were giving us brand new hand coils of it to put up in the air as needed, I didnt realize they still made the stuff.
    Some 4/0 in Louisville. Plenty of it in Michigan. Louisville does have alot of 2/0sol. And the A wire. Well that **** is everywhere in Louisville and they do get new A wire for repairs.. Some of the stuff they have there you gotta get wire from a troubleman that's saved some and keeps it on his truck cause it's a ******* size and the don't stock it.. Mostly 6 A and 8 A wire is what they use though. All automatic sleeves and deadends sometimes bolt on dead ends..

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    Quote Originally Posted by reppy007 View Post
    Lets see who can prove me wrong...Im willing to bet that nobody here has worked on 4/0 copper primary in the last three years......and I will go as high as six years when a guy has had to use a copper jab-on/automatic/quick-sleeve....4/0.......not anything smaller.
    When was the last time YOU worked on 4/0 copper reppy? And what did ya do?
    Me personally? Never have. In Distribution.
    Did some in Highline.

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    When was an apprentice in the Toronto area 250 copper was a normal distribution feeder. I have seen a couple of 500 and I have worked on 300 copper as well!

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