Copper Wire In My Attic

Another stopgap measure would be to replace the coax with a length of insulated copper wire connected to the hi z terminal on the back panel of the frg 8800.

Copper wire in my attic.

The copper wire at the base of the antenna mast attaches to the copper vent tube that runs to the roof through the attic in a 55 year old house. Bring all of the wire up into the attic. It was commonly used with rubber based insulation. That would make your end fed antenna 150 feet long which is not a problem in itself.

Identification can be made by careful inspection of a cut end of the wire. Here are some photos of my roof top antenna with a grounding wire in the attic. 2 0 copper wire 2 0 building cable 2 0 hook up wire 2 0 conduit wire 2 0 nylon wire 2 0 construction cable 2 0 thermoplastic insulated copper wire 2 0 thhn pvc tray cable 2 0 spaghetti wire. You would eliminate a source of unwanted interference.

I tied a piece of rope to the rafter on one end of the house attached the copper wire to a plastic block and tied it off. It s much easier to string a wire along the wall behind a couch than to have a funky antenna sitting on the stereo. I will have many other questions although i am trying to read through the forums as much as possible to not repeat questions. Am antennas are a loop so i guess you could make a pretty easy am antenna with a strand of wire also.

I measured the copper wire to confirm 70 feet coiled it up and gathered my other components including my soldering iron solder extension cord cutters flashlight tape and hauled them up with me. Bare copper wire in attic while putting some flooring in the attic so i can use it for storage i noticed there were bare copper wires running across the rafters and on top of the insulation. Check to ensure that the vent tube is firmly grounded before connecting the wire. In general plated copper wire would not be present in nonmetallic sheathed cable romex it is most.

Plated copper wire tinned copper wire is relatively common in older homes and it looks like aluminum wire. Staples that are too small may puncture the. Thhn stands for thermoplastic high heat resi. These wires run to switches and outlets in the house below so i m assuming they are the ground wire for these.

The staple gun should be loaded with wire staples designed for holding the size and type of wire you are running. So my first question is if i wanted to ground some of the other outlets in the house can i simply run a bare ground copper wire up from the outlet to the attic and connect it to the spider web. While one person holds the flashlight the other person should use a staple gun to run the wire along the rafters from one entry hole to the other.