Timeline for want to install new led lights but they have aluminum wires , can I join to copper wiring with Marrettes?
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| S Apr 2, 2022 at 20:54 | history | suggested | DavidRecallsMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 2, 2022 at 13:24 | comment | added | Hot Licks | If you really do have aluminum wire you should spread some anti-oxidant glop on the wires before joining them. google.com/shopping/product/… | |
| Nov 6, 2021 at 23:04 | answer | added | breezy | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 13, 2019 at 16:54 | answer | added | Ed Beal | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 13, 2019 at 16:21 | comment | added | Fresh Codemonger | Twist-on connectors are also known as wire nuts, wire connectors, cone connectors, or thimble connectors. One trade name for such connectors, Marrette, is derived from the name of their inventor (see History) and, in Canada, this type of connector is often referred to as a marrette regardless of the actual brand of the product. | |
| May 13, 2019 at 16:13 | comment | added | Mike Waters | What do mean by "wiring merits"? Do you mean wire nuts? | |
| May 13, 2019 at 16:13 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Very cheap Chinese components may also be made with aluminum wire. But those would not be UL-listed, so we shouldn't be talking about them. | |
| May 13, 2019 at 16:11 | comment | added | Mike Waters | Are these "aluminum" wires significantly easier to bend than copper wire of the same gauge? If so, it might be aluminum. | |
| May 13, 2019 at 16:08 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | Where "tinned" means "coated with solder, which is a silvery colored alloy, but not aluminum." It's pretty close to inconceivable that NEW fixtures (or LED fixtures, which are "new enough" even if used, in this context) would have aluminum wires. | |
| May 13, 2019 at 15:58 | comment | added | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | What you think is aluminum may be copper wires that have been tinned. | |
| May 13, 2019 at 15:52 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | What makes your think they're aluminum? That sound highly improbable... | |
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| May 13, 2019 at 15:40 | history | asked | Bryon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |