The use of aluminium in wiring is unlikely to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to deal with it in a 1960s, or early 1970s-era house. The causes behind the fires and other accidents were ...

People often use these electrical terms interchangeably, but there’s a difference: A cable assembles two or more wires in a single jacket. Wires are the individual insulated or bare conductors inside ...

At one time, aluminum was considered semiprecious. During World War II, aluminum production went into high gear as the material was needed to build airplanes and other war machines. After the war, ...