For over half a century, Copper-Clad Aluminum (CCA) building wire has been installed in family homes across the United States ...

Also, unless you have extensive experience working with electrical components ... safe by adding a short section of copper wire to the end of each aluminum wire. That way, copper rather than ...

In comparison, pure aluminium has only 61% of the electrical conductivity of copper by cross-section. Cross section of copper-coated aluminium (CCA) wire. (Source: Fujikura Ltd.) When properly ...

This article was written by Captain Trey Foust of the Loveland-Symmes Fire Department Loveland and Symmes Township, Ohio – During the 1960’s and 1970’s, aluminum wiring became a ...

which depends on a little prep work to end up only slightly more complex than soldering to copper. A typical way to make a reliable electrical connection to aluminum is to use a screw and a wire ...