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    Quote Originally Posted by nivlac View Post
    ok confused now why would it work with ali and not copper surley if its all fluffy it has less wieght just to be clear i am talking about stripped copper insulated wire!!!!
    Which is it, can't be both,,,lol

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    ok so striped a few wires wieghed them uncompressed 191 grams then weighed them compressed 189 grams so will not be compressing unless to save space :-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by nivlac View Post
    ok so striped a few wires wieghed them uncompressed 191 grams then weighed them compressed 189 grams so will not be compressing unless to save space :-)
    Well there you have it! Clear scientific and irrefutable proof.

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    Dunno what it is I am missing but that doesn't even make sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nivlac View Post
    ok so striped a few wires wieghed them uncompressed 191 grams then weighed them compressed 189 grams so will not be compressing unless to save space :-)
    You must have some heavy air you compressed out of it,,,lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    You must have some heavy air you compressed out of it,,,lol
    And where did that air go so that it's not pushing on the scales?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mechanic688 View Post
    You must have some heavy air you compressed out of it,,,lol

    i think i must of lost a few bits whilst twisting it so if it was a lot would of been losin out !!!

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    You guys are all wrong.He has muffler bearings mixed in with his wire.It happens all the time!

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    I think it's a bad case of lumbpucks....when excess gas is expressed from the rearend of the fume bags so hard that it causes ones socks to fall down around the ankles...very common amoung the English and men over 70. It's called poofpuck in women causing excess gathering of nylon around the ankles......Same thing with wire the more you twist and squeeze the more air comes out therefore losing weight. Make sure it's not humid out it can loose water weight too.....God I love this place!!!
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