only residential wiring uses copper, everything from 350kV down to 400V lines is aluminum, and even in houses aluminum can be used too
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masterspace@lemmy.ca 10 months ago- Distribution doesn’t just include long distance distribution. It includes all the wiring between transformers and houses and all the internal wiring of the house and all the devices inside etc.
fullsquare@awful.systems 10 months ago
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 10 months ago
aluminum can be used too
Thousands of fires disagree
fullsquare@awful.systems 10 months ago
this was before we figured out that you can use stranded aluminum wire and it’s fine this way
that, or copper clad aluminum
frezik@midwest.social 10 months ago
From old electrical connections that weren’t designed for the different rates of expansion of aluminum and copper. Today, most of them are.
Saleh@feddit.org 10 months ago
And that part is entirely independent from whether the electricity is generated with solar, wind or fossil fuels.