Busbars

Subject: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:44 am

Copper or aluminum? Is price the only difrance?

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:07 am

Current flow is a big issue. Copper is a lot more conductive. Maybe twice as conductive. Someone else may know the specifics.

When I was wiring my new breaker panel, code requirements were 2/0 awg copper or 4/0 awg aluminum.

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:20 am

ive always uses aluminium man and no thick stuff either

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:06 am

sanman wrote:: ive always uses aluminium man and no thick stuff either

this is as well me

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:19 am

In the short distance you are running alum is fine and slot cheaper.

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:38 am

lol slot cheaper haha

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:33 am

Copper would be the best choice and give you less voltage drop than aluminum over long distances. Use thin wide sections that will give you more surface area.

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:39 am

what if you take a skinny tall section and lay it on its side?

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 11:53 am

Alan wrote:: what if you take a skinny tall section and lay it on its side?

The tall skinny ones are high maintenance

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 12:25 pm

these are 1/4 thick but there not long enough to go all the way acrost the truck so I was wondering about copper I know it is 40 percent more conductive but you can compinsate with size . So splice them or buy copper or replace with longer aluminum?

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:09 pm

so go buy some like it and make extensions it doesnt affect it at all

i won 3 titles like this no problem

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:23 pm

S.L.A.B. wrote:

Alan wrote:: what if you take a skinny tall section and lay it on its side?

The tall skinny ones are high maintenance

yeah, that was a joke lol.. . tall and skinny laying on its side turns into a thin and wide section like you said to you use..

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:34 pm

sanman wrote:: so go buy some like it and make extensions it doesnt affect it at all

i won 3 titles like this no problem

thanks! That'what I will do!

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 1:40 pm

be carefull there are some at the home depot that are not conductive man so ensure there conductive

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:35 pm

Alan wrote:

S.L.A.B. wrote:

Alan wrote:: what if you take a skinny tall section and lay it on its side?

The tall skinny ones are high maintenance

yeah, that was a joke lol.. . tall and skinny laying on its side turns into a thin and wide section like you said to you use..

lol, Yea i know. My reply was a whip at tall skinny high maintenance females.

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:44 pm

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 2:58 pm

purdy

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:15 pm

Some alum bars have a coating on them that needs cleaned off before it will work.

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:39 pm

i sand my alum with 80 grit . dont know if it helps for sure but was told by a vet. it creates more surface area ,,

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:49 pm

The_Rowlands wrote:: i sand my alum with 80 grit . dont know if it helps for sure but was told by a vet. it creates more surface area ,,

hmmm.........

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:58 pm

where can you get alum or copper ones at?? is there a chain store or something similar to home depot that carries them??

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:06 pm

i just go to local steel shop and they cut it out of scraps they have

Subject: Re: Busbars Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:44 pm

I like copper myself:

Busbars 10-8-09Batteriesadded004

Subject: Re: Busbars Thu Apr 01, 2010 7:12 am

Looks good !

Subject: Re: Busbars Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:22 pm

where can you get copper.. thats what im kinda leaning to..need 2 good strips like nice has run

Subject: Re: Busbars Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:44 pm

http://store.electrical-insulators-and-copper-ground-bars.com/npacobusba.html

Subject: Re: Busbars Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:50 pm

Here's the sizing chart

http://stormcopper.com/design/Ampacity-Quick-Chart.htm

Subject: Re: Busbars Thu Apr 01, 2010 3:14 pm

outsideshot23 wrote:: where can you get copper.. thats what im kinda leaning to..need 2 good strips like nice has run

naa. Do it like big- un's !