I bought some spools of “copper” utility wire from Amazon a few years ago and used some to wire navigation lights on my Jon boat. I recently discovered almost every crimped joint had broken completely apart at the crimp. That’s when I found out my “copper” wire is actually copper-washed aluminum. Of course the deadline to return it has long passed.
I did a little poking around on Amazon and discovered there are MANY listings for copper wire that are actually CCA (copper coated aluminum) where this detail was listed only someplace really obscure like a photo of the spool end. In my case it was just a flat out deception.
Now I have to go buy some real copper wire and redo the whole thing. Lesson learned.
I did a little poking around on Amazon and discovered there are MANY listings for copper wire that are actually CCA (copper coated aluminum) where this detail was listed only someplace really obscure like a photo of the spool end. In my case it was just a flat out deception.
Now I have to go buy some real copper wire and redo the whole thing. Lesson learned.