Aluminum Building Wire Installation and （铝建筑线安装和）.pdf

aluminum building wire installation and terminations Aluminum Building Wire Installation and Terminations by Christel Hunter . . 78 IAEI NEWS January February 2006 78 IAEI NEWS January February 2006 aluminum building wire installation and terminations Welcome to the 21st Century! n my experiences as a field engineer with Alcan Cable, I’m often asked about the right way to install aluminum building wire. Quite often I’m told that aluminum wiring is fine, as I long as the installer is careful. The implication is that install- ing aluminum building wire is in some way trickier than installing copper building wire. Although this might have been true with pre- 1972 aluminum wire, conductor and connector changes have made installing aluminum building wire as simple as installing copper. History of Aluminum Wire Electricity is transmitted from the utility generating station to in- dividual meters using almost exclusively aluminum wiring. In the