splicing aluminum to copper elec wire
I just bought a new oven and it came with aluminum wire and I have to splice it to copper. Do I need to do something different for this connection? I know aluminum and copper doesn't play well toge...
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I'm not sure what is available today as far as ovens.We made a lot of aluminum wire at Olin but I wouldn't use it. Any sharp king or bend or just anything starts to act as dam, if you will, and resistance starts and heats up and over time can fail causing fire. At one time when Mobile Home manufacturers used aluminum wire, there was a tremendous percentage of them that went up in flames from using aluminum wire. Still a lot of it is used in high tension lines etc but I'm not upon the tech now. Rh special crimps or nuts for these dissimliar metals are a must.Aluminum under high electric loads get hotter at kinks joints and connections. and when in contact with copper etc any moisture in the air or on the connection will cause a lot of galvanic and other corrosion. When the wires get cold moisture is attracted and just like a metal spoon or glass taken from a freezer or refrigerator aluminum oxides form rapidly even in the driest of air.
