I get a lot of complaints about the old nickle-coated Cu Romex... It gets mistaken for Al often by DIYer's and homeowners alike.

I've not run into the Al #10 or #12's yet.

I agree as far as SE cable, I've only seen problems where anti-oxidant was not used (and probably wasn't torqued to specs either).


-Virgil
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