Two situations are possible at the outset of this article. Either you are familiar with electrical wiring or you are not. Taking this a step further in the event that you are familiar with electrical work, there are two more dichotomous routes you could take. Either you are familiar with marine electrical wiring or you are not. That will dictate how this article sits with you. If you do not fall within the latter cohort, then you might be surprised to learn that not all electrical wiring takes the form of the familiar copper conductors with which most people are well familiar. There are many other kinds of electrical wires and cables out there that are highly specialized to their purposes. It might surprise you to learn then, that some cables are made from aluminum instead of copper. In fact, at one point in history, most cables in the United States were made from aluminum, partly due to copper rationing. This is not necessarily because aluminum is superior; it does have good conduct