Tinned Copper Service drop Wire
Bare copper or nickel wire have been used for quite a while. But the coming of tinned wire has brought along with it some advantages altogether. Copper is one of the greatest conductors. It is being used in several applications due to its outright tensile strength and good performance. Most lighting systems and a wide scope of electrical engineering employs copper. It is also very easy to manipulate into other wires, a feature which has led to formation of several alloys used for machine works. Some of these alloys include brass and nickel.
Corrosion
Despite the spectacular performance and undoubted tensile strength of copper, the conductor has a poor resistance to corrosion. In wet or high humid places, the copper conductor is likely to start corroding and quickly lose its performance. Therefore systems that have to be used outdoor or those systems in the coastal regions quickly lose their ability to work well due to high corrosion.
Tinning is a technical process that comes in to reinforce copper and regulated its rate of corrosion. Tin plating helps to make the conductors more resilient and functional. Whereas gold and nickel plating is done to achieve cosmetic value, the tin plating is aimed at making a conductor have high conductive value and less prone to corrosion.
Application
Tinned Copper Service drop is a very important cable in secure grounding of systems. It also serves well as an insulator in the overhead distribution and transmission systems.
1.There are various categories of this cable based on the ASTM standards:
2.The hard drawn B-1
3.Medium hard B-2
4.Soft or annealed B-3
5.Tinned B-3
Features and Benefits
Besides boosting the properties of copper, the tin plating makes the cable have a high longevity. Tests have proven that the same gauge of tinned copper conductor as a bare copper conductor, the tinned conductor lasts for almost ten times longer.
Tin plating resists not only the corrosion but it also prevents the copper form oxidization. Copper is a metal which is highly prone to oxidation and this creates a conducive environment for chemical reactions which at times may result into fires. The tinning guarantees the conductor no oxidization hence increases the life span. In places with very high temperatures, the corrosion resistance of copper declines but tin plating acts as a protection. Tin plating is highly desirable for electronics used in the marine technology.
Tinned wire is very applicable in the soldering. These wires make very good electrical connections and are very easy to use during soldering. It strengthens the copper wire being soldered and also boosts its conductivity.
However expensive it is compared to bare copper wire, there is more advantage in spending more once than spend recurrently due to frequent maintenances and replacements of the conduction system. And because this plating can increase the life of copper cable and improve its effectiveness even in the high humid areas, it is worth considering the Tinned Copper Service drop wire for your installation
The cable has the approval of RUS, REA, it also meets the Federal standards. I highly appeal to you to try the tinned copper service wire and see what plating technology can achieve.