Tough Meter Tails.

Zoomup over 5 years ago

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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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

I have never found 25mm tails particularly easy to work with , I try to keep the physical bending to a minimum when installing them.

I have come across older boards with 25mm all red and all black tails which do seem to be easier to manipulate.

Also most older fuse boards are feed via 16 or even 10mm tails in my area which is so much easier to bend
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0 Former Community Member over 5 years ago

I have never found 25mm tails particularly easy to work with , I try to keep the physical bending to a minimum when installing them.

I have come across older boards with 25mm all red and all black tails which do seem to be easier to manipulate.

Also most older fuse boards are feed via 16 or even 10mm tails in my area which is so much easier to bend
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