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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Mex,
I doubt your gonna find too many folks "scraping" off the tin plating on a connection on purpose, oh, you might scrape some when inserting the wire, but I highly doubt that will be deep enough to go through the plating. And yes, I do understand that the Tin plating is there to allow AL to interface with the base material used in the connection.
But, it IS wise to use NoAlox or OxGard when dealing with AL wire interface even with the Tin plating, sort of a belt and suspenders type of thing.
All is good when you follow good practices.
Strangely enough, I HAVE noticed a lot of breaker panels now days going real cheap on materials and using TIN PLATED ALUMINUM BUS bars!
How about Square D (some of the most expensive stuff out there), their extra bus expansion kit is made of AL..
HERE
If you scroll down to details you will find this..
"Material Aluminum "
I doubt your gonna find too many folks "scraping" off the tin plating on a connection on purpose, oh, you might scrape some when inserting the wire, but I highly doubt that will be deep enough to go through the plating. And yes, I do understand that the Tin plating is there to allow AL to interface with the base material used in the connection.
But, it IS wise to use NoAlox or OxGard when dealing with AL wire interface even with the Tin plating, sort of a belt and suspenders type of thing.
All is good when you follow good practices.
Strangely enough, I HAVE noticed a lot of breaker panels now days going real cheap on materials and using TIN PLATED ALUMINUM BUS bars!
How about Square D (some of the most expensive stuff out there), their extra bus expansion kit is made of AL..
HERE
If you scroll down to details you will find this..
"Material Aluminum "
