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   From: grizzledgeezer@comcast.net   
      
   "Spehro Pefhany"  wrote in message   
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   > If it's like this cr*p they sell at Home Despot, it's copper-   
   > clad steel core with an _aluminum_ braid shield.   
      
   Aluminum is a poor choice for a crimped connection. Remember the problems with   
   household aluminum wiring -- even when it was screwed down?   
      
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