Quote Originally Posted by olddude View Post
there is a very good reasion carpenters and Santa Claus check every thing twice.

I compact my cop wire in to 5 gal buckets till I get close to 50 lbs per bucket. yes I know that is maybe a little on the eccentric side but hey thats just me. Any way today I was just getting ready to cap a bucket when a cloud moved and deep within the compacted strands, what catches my eye but a single glint of silvery white. yup you guessed it there was alum wire mixed in with my compacted copper. guess what I did all day ?

just a reminder , dont get in too big of a hurry, some yards are really pickey and looking for a reasion to turn that $150 bucket into a $50 bucket of Alu/copper.
From the replies it looks like you are not alone. I also do the same thing, I put #1 copper wire in one bucket, #2 wire in another bucket and tubing in another. One thing about the "aluminum" wire, make sure it is not coated copper wire. I have stripped several pieces of wire that came out white, but cutting it a little you could clearly see the copper underneath. Plus with the weight it was clearly not all aluminum. My main yard takes this coated copper wire with no problem as #2 copper.