Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Are you aware of the growing trend of use of aluminium cables for wiring purpose?


Have you ever thought why should aluminium wires be used in an appliance? Or do you really bother as to which one to select while choosing a particular type of wire (copper, aluminium etc.) at the time of buying or using it? It may surprise you that it does make a difference if you pick aluminium cable or copper cables or any other. There is no doubt that copper is the primary material used in wiring today. However, nowadays copper is being increasingly replaced by aluminium cables due to many reasons. So let us look at some of the differentiating factors that may induce you to prefer aluminium for your uses:

  Light in weight – Aluminium is lighter in weight than other copper which makes it much easier to work with. In hybrid vehicles ,it helps in shedding extra weights from such vehicles so that they can be brought within the regulatory requirements 

 Increase in efficiency – the additional weight added on a vehicle will lead to higher fuel consumption and lower batter life. Use of light-weight materials will impact the performance in the long run as well. While this benefit is not highlighted, it does lead to huge monetary advantages in the long run
  
Affordable – the aluminium is more affordable than copper today. This has been possible mainly due to better mining and refining processes developed for the metal

Other benefits include better conductivity per weight of wire ratio than copper, lower emissions helping vehicles, better longevity etc. It does make it hard to believe why other metals are still used for wiring applications. Isn’t it?

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