I have always used solid copper for the GEC (residential). In this months Fine Homebuilding there is an article on services by Cliff Popejoy with photos showing a stranded copper GEC. I was curious what other guys prefer and why.
Brian

My supplier only has solid, soft drawn bare #4 & #6...

In Wisconsin we used stranded (braided)... Much easier to work with!

I'd use stranded if I could get it without special order...



[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 09-23-2002).]

I always use stranded, insulated #6 & #4.
It is easier to handle, and I think it looks neater.

[This message has been edited by Redsy (edited 09-24-2002).]

Is THWN considered Sunlight Resistant?

Or do you install in a raceway?

Just wondering...

#4 stranded, for 100A & 200A services because 250.64(B) differs in 'physical damage' vs. 'severe physical damage' , it matters.....

Virgil, use bare......no sunlight issue i know of....

I posted before my first cup o' joe on the last Q...

I gotta stop doing that!

In my own experience... The 3/0 Cu THWN I used as SE conductors in the last service I did ( Mission Impossible thread ...) was indeed labelled as sunlight resistant on the outer sleeve.

Answered my own Q! All I had to do was wake up and think about it!

[This message has been edited by sparky66wv (edited 09-24-2002).]

There is no issue of bare or stranded wire or sunlight resident. Just make sure that it is not subject to physical damage.