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In the electrical trade aluminum wire is equivalent to copper wire as it is also used to carry current. To carry the same current as copper wire aluminum wire is up sized to meet the same ampacity.
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Can you mix aluminum wire with romex in a junction box?
No, do not mix aluminum wire with copper wire.
What Is A Twenty-Two Gauge Metal Wire?
A rather thin copper or aluminum wire.
How many amps can 4 ought aluminum wire carry?
Aluminum 4/0 wire car carry 180 amps at at 75 degrees Fahrenheit or 205 amps at 90 degrees. .
What size aluminum wire for a 220v 200a service in conduit undrreground at 180 ft?
250 MCM aluminum minimum
What is the required wire size for 100?
A 100 amp service requires that you use AWG 4 copper wire or AWG 2 aluminum wire.
Types of enameled aluminum wire?
enameled round aluminum wire enameled flat aluminum wire enameled square aluminum wire
Can you mix aluminum wire with romex in a junction box?
No, do not mix aluminum wire with copper wire.
What kind of metal is in an aluminum wire?
aluminum
What are the different kinds of barbed wire?
aluminum aluminum
Can aluminum be wire cut?
Yes you can wirecut aluminum
The development history of enameled wire?
The aluminum core magnet wire, as the name suggests, refers to the magnet wire with aluminum as the core.
Is it legal to use aluminum wire for a stove or dryer in Florida?
aluminum wire violates code for any use anywhere in US. If this is true, why would aluminum wire be sold? I know it is used for service entrance.
Can you change from aluminum wire to copper wire in a new oven?
Copper is preferable to aluminum and the size of wire should be the same or the next size down if copper is used.
What size amp circuit breaker should be used in a kitchen with aluminum wire?
Don't use aluminum wire inside the house.
Frequency of vibration for aluminum wire?
...will depend on the dimensions of and tension in the wire.
Which alloy material can be easily drawn into wire?
Aluminum and Copper Wire
Can you connect aluminum house wire to a light that has steel wire?
nope.
