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Old 02-25-2012, 07:10 AM
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While aluminum is a good conducgtor for electricity, it melts at amuch lower temp, therefore I would never have aluminum for the lightning arrestors. If you're going to do it, do it right and use copper. Actually, gold or silver would be better, but nobody is going to do that.
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