SaltiDawg wrote:
The wire coming to my home from the street - and I dare say to your home from your street - is aluminum.
Aluminum wiring in and of itself is not a problem... it is the "interface" between aluminum and a dissimilar metal such as copper.
YMMV
Aluminum is fine if that is what you want. I recently bought some #8 copper wire on eBay with the intent of upgrading some #10 copper wire. The wire turned out to be copper clad aluminum. Aluminum has a lower current capacity than copper so I would have gained nothing by using it.
