is the core of the cable copper- or is there aluminum involved?
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These cables are solid strand twisted copper wire,good grade of cable if compaired with the cables that are available at the auto parts store and at a much better price.
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.. I know that I should know your answer with complete certainty, but I don't. For the price I suspect aluminum may be involved; sorry I couldn't help.
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I received cables that were copper coated aluminum. Apparently after getting good reviews they started to get cheap like the other sets they sell.
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If they don't say 100% copper it is ALWAYS aluminum. All you have to do is slide down the rubber cover on the clamp and scrape lightly on the exposed cable with a knife blade and you will see shiny aluminum under the very thin copper electro plating.
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Hi Thomas, I think it is copper. In any case the cable works well over a 100 feet in my case. The cable is buried and a lot of run off passes over the area where the cable is buried. I guess the real answer is that for me, it has worked well as an outside cable which is more than I can say for conventional cable buried in conduit.
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Hello John,This cable is 95% copper braid with 5% shielding. The cable is not "certified" CL2 rated.Please let me know if you have any further questions.Thank you,Taylor W.VIVO
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I happen to have the unused roll here at my desk, so I fumbled around trying to find the end inside the box. (I found the tool in there that I claimed was not included in my review) I cut the end, melted back the tiny little jacket on one of the wires and nipped the end. I'll be darned... it is copper coated aluminum! The cut end is not copper, it is aluminum color. The outside of the wire IS copper. No where on the box does it indicate one way or another. It works well. We strung it up between two buildings about 6 mos. ago and have had no issues. I hope this helps.
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Spool itself is aluminum. Surrounding supporting structure is graphite. Overall a very affordable and decent reel for the money. I am satisfied with my purchase
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heavy duty plastic for the housing ..and copper for the plugs...pretty standard and, they work perfectly..hope this helps
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These cables are made of copper-coated aluminum wire. No question about it. What is worse, I think, is that the crimps in the clamp handles have no strain reliefs. Since aluminum does not handle repeated flexing, I would expect to see eventual failures at the crimps. I have no doubt this product will perform well with limited use, but I would not buy it if you expect to use it frequently.
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16 gauge copper core stranded, also check out Ugly's even master electricians carry this in their bag. Ugly's Electrical References, 2011 Edition
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It is copper plated steel core. Not a good substitute for solid copper in high bandwidth applications.
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I bought this but didn't use it.It is copper clad aluminum, not solid copper.
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Aluminum. Has held up well so far.Do not unplug by pulling the rubber end. I accidentally pulled the actual electronics from the metal casing.Super-glued it back together, then ran some HD Tune Read/Write test to heat it, to help set the glue. Seems to have worked so far.
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Hello Guang,In our product description we state this cable is UPT (unshielded twiested pair) CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum). Thank you for your question.Taylor W.VIVO
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I believe it is stranded copper. I can't see it, but it doesn't feel as stiff as solid copper usually does, so I would think it is stranded.
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Aluminum I belive. Some good things is that it's true 8 gauge and very flexible wire .
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Not sure but it's not aluminum. It's heavy, not sure about the warranty. But for the price it's worked really well. I've stripped about 40 pounds of copper so far. No problems.
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The cables are multi-strand copper conductors, and appear to be copper or copper clad jaws. The spring mechanism for the jaws uses a steel spring.
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When I purchased this wire, I read a lot of reviews, and some of these reviews contained claims that the wire was copper plated aluminum. I got this wire from SatMaximum. They claimed it to be copper in the ad, but I see that they must have started over with the ad, because there are only 3 reviews on this new ad, which makes no claim either way on its composition. Overall I am happy with the product, although it does appear to have a silvery core, which may be aluminum...