Aluminum Building Wire Installation and Terminations
by Christel Hunter, Senior Field Application Engineer, Alcan Cable


In my experiences as a field engineer with Alcan Cable, I'm often asked about the right way to install aluminum building wire.  Quite often I'm told that aluminum wiring is fine, as long as the installer is careful.  The implication is that installing aluminum building wire is in some way trickier than installing copper building wire.  Although this might have been true with pre-1972 aluminum wire, conductor and connector changes have made installing aluminum building wire as simple as installing copper.

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