Thread: Wires Legal?
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Unread 23-01-2009, 08:33
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Re: Wires Legal?

Aluminum wire is not available in #24 except by special order and it would be very expensive. As Jim has mentioned above, the wire is tin plated copper. The tin is the shiny silver color. If you scrape the wire with a knife, the copper will be revealed.
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