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Today's aluminum building wire is both safe and reliable. However, the issues of the past continue to tarnish the reputation of aluminum buildingwire and hinder widespread acceptance of what is, in some ways, a superior product to copper.

Standards and requirements were put in place over 30 years ago, yes you read it correctly, over 30 years ago by the electrical industry. Governing boards of the industry took the appropriate steps that require and thus provide for safe and reliable aluminum building wire installations. Surely there are those reading this and thinking “it may be safe and reliable, but not as safe and reliable as copper.” The fact is that aluminum is just as safe and just as reliable as copper, and it actually provides certain advantages over copper.

The past is the past…so are the issues with aluminum building wire.

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