<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">got it.<div><br></div><div>I know that 2/0 aluminum is the same physical size as 1/0 copper. </div><div>But guess you need more than that.</div><div><br></div><div>That is a big expense for someone!</div><div><br></div><div>jay</div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 23, 2025, at 5:13 PM, david quattro <david@quattrosolar.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="auto">Hi Jay, Yes you nailed it. That is the issue.</div><div dir="auto"> The underground conduits were run 12 years ago. I’m repowering with new modules and inverters. Now we have 1.5X delivered AC output. I’m lucky the original conduits were over sized, otherwise would have to hire the directional bore contractor.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM jay <<a href="mailto:jay.peltz@gmail.com">jay.peltz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div style="line-break:after-white-space">Hi David,<div><br></div><div>I’m curious why you can’t use aluminum wire?</div><div>The only thing I can think of is physical size?</div><div><br></div><div>I would look at some on line suppliers. </div><div>I’ve found great pricing at </div><div><br></div><div><div style="display:block"><div style="display:inline-block" role="link"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none" rel="nofollow" href="https://nassaunationalcable.com/" dir="ltr" role="button" width="300" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(229,230,233)" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300"><tbody style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td align="center" style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span id="cid:ii_19495a01a78c92885be1"><logo_1.png></span></td></tr><tr style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><table bgcolor="#E5E6E9" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;table-layout:fixed;background-color:rgb(229,230,233)"><tbody style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><tr style="font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><td style="padding:8px 0px;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;overflow:hidden;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://nassaunationalcable.com/" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: -apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Wire and Cable Distributor</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://nassaunationalcable.com/" style="text-decoration:none;font-family:-apple-system,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif" target="_blank"><font style="font-family: -apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">nassaunationalcable.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br id="m_-4939468566093730206lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"></blockquote></div></div></div><div style="line-break:after-white-space"><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jan 23, 2025, at 11:56 AM, david quattro via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,</div><div> I need to place an order for about 19,000 ft of 1/0 copper. The conduits are underground and already existing. They were done via directional bore. If I could use Aluminum wire I would. I can't.</div><div> Which supplier do you recommend for this quantity? Obviously hoping for a volume discount. Shipping to SF Bay Area, specifically Novato, CA. <br></div><div><br></div></div>
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