I installed some 4/0 AL SEU cable like that about seven years ago for a customer who wanted to supply her own materials. She got it from Home Depot. It had one black conductor and one red conductor. For residential single-phase, WHY?
After a few months in the sun, at the weather head, the black conductor looked fine but the red conductor had turned pink. About a year later, I saw it again and by then, it had turned a pale pinkish-white. I can just imagine what it looks like now.
I know the code says that SE cables don’t need to be rated UV resistant when exposed for connection at the service drop, but why even make crap like that?
