Reply To: Wire gauge

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Price of copper not weighth is the reason. Aluminum wiring in houses and commercial buildings gained a bad reputation some years ago. The engineers and the electricians failed to take into account the differences between copper and aluminum that required specific changes in designe and strict adherence to new installation practices..

If the wiring is OEM, it is likely the system is designed around that type of wire. Change to another type of wire may or may not work, depending on terminal to wire corrosion issues in a marine environment. Or so it seems to me.

Louis