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    Aluminum Wire

    Does anyone strip aluminum wire, or just turn it in as insulated?



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    Do they buy ins Al wire? it really doesn't go with insulated copper. I've been tossing what I get aside, wondering your same question I guess. It certainly doesn't seem worth stripping, since most of what I see is Al degauser cables
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    My yard does buy Insulated Aluminum Wire and I want to say the price was about what you get for Aluminum Breakage.
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    Goes for .25/# to .30/# & depends if its all aluminum or if there is one steel strand in the middle.

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    Degaussing wire does not have steel in it. Personally, as easy as it is to strip I'd go ahead and clean it up for the better price.
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    Op didnt mention deguassing wire, so i assumed he was talking about thicker aluminum. I was speaking of the thick aluminum cable with black insulation. I didnt even think of deguassing wire. To me the aluminum conductor cable is the only aluminum worth stripping. But it will have a steel strand in the center sometimes.
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