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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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I highly doubt your window sparked as glass and wood do not conduct.
Then something metal, the framing probably did.
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:28 PM
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aluminum windows ftl
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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Aluminum doesn't conduct well either.
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by LT
Aluminum doesn't conduct well either.
not as well as copper/steel but it does conduct. in fact, some older homes have aluminum wiring as original equipment...
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:34 PM
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I would say aluminum acts more like a zener diode.

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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by ISP James
not as well as copper/steel but it does conduct. in fact, some older homes have aluminum wiring as original equipment...
werdizzle... a lot of homes around here from the 60s and earlier have aluminum wiring. Also most homes built during or shortly after ww2 also have aluminum since copper was needed to kill japs and krauts. ooo
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 06:42 PM
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Originally Posted by white_n_slow
werdizzle... a lot of homes around here from the 60s and earlier have aluminum wiring. Also most homes built during or shortly after ww2 also have aluminum since copper was needed to kill japs and krauts. ooo
Like I said, zener diode.
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 08:25 PM
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It twas a nice day today in Northern Mexico... I mean S. Cali.
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by sirg-vtec
It twas a nice day today in Northern Mexico... I mean S. Cali.
Oh snapz?! :eek3:
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Old Jun 10, 2008 | 10:57 PM
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It rains here in Florida daily in the summer because of the location. Something to do with Gulf Coast air and Atlantic air colliding I think. Either way... it gets hot and humid every day, then it thunderstorms with lighting and heavy downpour for maybe 20 mins... if that... then stops after its cooled about 15 degrees.


Everyday episode here. Once I actually was driving, and I went from one stoplight to another, perfect weather, but I could see the rain, then drove one more block in the pouring rain, then the next block was perfect again, dry concrete and all. It's funny.
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