Even if you’re not into electrical wiring or construction, you’re probably familiar with the fact that a great deal of electrical wire is made from copper. What you might not know is that a lot of it is made from aluminum, too. But if copper works, why use aluminum at […]

Did you know that for a long time, aluminum wire was used instead of copper in this country, for electrical wiring purposes? This was largely due to a copper shortage that affected the country primarily during the 1960s and 1970s, but still, to this day, aluminum wire is sometimes used […]