> Now, the "heavy stuff" from the > utility may still be aluminum, but that is fastened to the "bus" in the > initial > main breaker-panel with specially-treated connectors which (mostly-) > impede > this oxide-generation. they use bog-standard screw terminals (big of course). Not sure what is special about them. I suspect the cable is no pure aluminum. I've come across a few farmhouses having alu wiring, must have been done around wartime, or maybe even before that. For ligtning conductor alu is standard. But there small gaps are no problem i guess... ST
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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Copper Pennies, was First PCB.... neutralizing the HCL
2004-05-20 by Stefan Trethan