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Tough Meter Tails.

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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  • The Wylex internal wiring has many more than 19 strands, it looks a bit like tri-rated but does have the ends 'finished' (latest I have seen doesn't have crimps but seems to be welded somehow).  I have lodged a query with Wylex on the 19 stranded tails so will let you know what they say.
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  • The Wylex internal wiring has many more than 19 strands, it looks a bit like tri-rated but does have the ends 'finished' (latest I have seen doesn't have crimps but seems to be welded somehow).  I have lodged a query with Wylex on the 19 stranded tails so will let you know what they say.
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