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Aluminum Stock Power Wire?

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Printed Date: April 26, 2024 at 12:30 AM


Topic: Aluminum Stock Power Wire?

Posted By: azchrisf83
Subject: Aluminum Stock Power Wire?
Date Posted: July 12, 2020 at 3:46 PM

Here's a strange one I'm wondering how to deal with.
Apparently Chrysler (and Ford & GM) are starting to use Aluminum wire instead of copper in new vehicles. The stock power feed from the battery is Aluminum wire, I needed to cut and extend the factory wire as it wasn't long enough.

How am I supposed to deal with this? Finding 2/0 Aluminum wire for a house is easy, but not this thinner stranded stuff Chrysler is using, and simply butt splicing onto it well Copper and Aluminum mixed cause Galvanic corrosion...

Any ideas?



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Posted By: jonas2
Date Posted: October 11, 2020 at 8:30 AM
azchrisf83 wrote:
Any ideas?
What did you end up doing? I'd either build or have built a new custom cable out of better parts/copper.


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