[sdiy] 0.100 pin header reliability.

[Tom Arnold]

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 07:18:56PM +0000, Graham Atkins wrote:
> Aluminium for wiring ?
> 
> Are you sure about that, sounds highly unlikely, never heard of  
> aluminium
> conductors. Steel, copper alloys, silver, even gold but not aluminium.

Aluminum was used for a while until it hit snags that involved huge lawsuits
and entire episodes of 60 Minutes.

Its still used for pole wiring in some places, ground braids for same, and
its making a comeback as house wiring with the price of copper so high.

Lots of info online about it.  I've been looking into it as I house hunt
because I need/want fairly vast wiring and copper has gotten a bit pricey.

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