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Tough Meter Tails.

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I reused some old meter tails today, cira 1980s. Wow, did they bend easily. It was a delight to use them. Why oh why are modern meter tails so difficult to bend into shape. Is the copper harder? I even heard a meter installer complaining about how he hated trying to bend modern meter tails.


P.s. Is that why modern meter tails come loose so easily in main switch terminals if we just look at them? There is no "give". They are just so rigid.


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    Perhaps we should have another go at switching to flexible insulated & sheathed singles (e.g. 6381Y) for meter tails etc. - any concerns when terminating into conventional screw tunnel terminals are surely solved with a simple ferrule and its advantages for installing in general and terminating into cage clamp terminals in particular seem significant. It's already manufactured (seemingly the telecoms industry already prefer it) and apparently complies with recognised standards. It's even available with a sheath colour matching the insulation colour - so can be identified without needing to apply ty-wrap L/L1/L2/L3/N labels.


      - Andy.
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    Perhaps we should have another go at switching to flexible insulated & sheathed singles (e.g. 6381Y) for meter tails etc. - any concerns when terminating into conventional screw tunnel terminals are surely solved with a simple ferrule and its advantages for installing in general and terminating into cage clamp terminals in particular seem significant. It's already manufactured (seemingly the telecoms industry already prefer it) and apparently complies with recognised standards. It's even available with a sheath colour matching the insulation colour - so can be identified without needing to apply ty-wrap L/L1/L2/L3/N labels.


      - Andy.
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