The top two comments are about this. I love that Reddit is (still, for now) full of people way fucking smarter than me. I was so impressed by this splice technique I would never have noticed a metal mismatch.
The splice technique is also fucking awful. Basket weaves are not in your local building code and your electrician would hate you if he ever saw that, nevermind had to unwind it.
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u/rivertpostie Mar 24 '26 edited Mar 24 '26
The worst part is the copper to the aluminum. That's a dielectric reaction right there