Are these made with 100% copper or Copper Clad Aluminum? An amazon it states 100% copper but at macautoparts its stating its copper clad aluminum.
750846
they are not solid copper. if they were solid copper they would be worth more as scrap than what they are selling for. they are also very heavy as is, 20ft of #2 copper would make them unwieldily.
750847
Agreed CCA, the look like copper till you scrape them with knife. That said I am very pleased with mine. I've used them to jump start tractors and big trucks here on the farm with no issues.
1577562
When I purchased this wire, I read a lot of reviews, and some of these reviews contained claims that the wire was copper plated aluminum. I got this wire from SatMaximum. They claimed it to be copper in the ad, but I see that they must have started over with the ad, because there are only 3 reviews on this new ad, which makes no claim either way on its composition. Overall I am happy with the product, although it does appear to have a silvery core, which may be aluminum...
1830527
No. It's in the product description. They are copper clad aluminum. "High-strand count (0.254mm x 26 strands) copper clad aluminum conductors"
411780
it doesn't say what they are made of, but I would say they are aluminum because they are real light. They do work very well
1998973
they are aluminum. As much as I like them, they would be perfect if stainless....
261736
If avoiding aluminum is important to you, you may want to know that the boiler in this model is made of aluminum as well. I couldn't find this info anywhere and finally e-mailed Cuisinart directly. After several days I finally got a reply.
987505
Why do you think they are aluminum? I don't think that's correct or I would have noticed. I believe you are mistaken. I haven't seen anything with aluminum wiring in decades.
1191146
For the construction of the bottom of the Ultimate model, you can just click on the diagram given above on the Amazon product page. Apparently, it's a copper core between aluminum layers and then stainless steel above and below that. So the comment "The Ultimate set has a triple clad bottom, stainless, copper, stainless." made previously is inaccurate, since Ultimate has aluminum, also. Counting the bottom visible copper inlay, then, there are 6 layers: SS, aluminum, copper, aluminum, SS, copper.
1017736
They are coated so hard to tell what they are made of. The weight suggest that it is aluminum. If it was made of stainless, I think that it would not be coated
800545
They are definitely stainless !! a magnet sticks to them and a magnet will not stick to aluminum !! It says to keep them polished and or waxed to keep them protected and slick !
1889729
No, aluminum does not rust and these are totally rusted out so whoever said they are made of aluminum is not being honest! Total waste of money and I would have to pay to have them boxed for a return. They said they will only exchange them and I certainly don't want more of these!
2058448
I looked and cannot find a marking that indicates whether or not this is the case. But, they are machined precisely and work well, which is the key thing. Given the present attitude about mining, I'd guess the copper came from Chile, the zinc may or may not be from the US, and the steel is probably a US product. If they can be made by extrusion and/or cold heading they are probably a US product.
128026
Doesn't look like copper to me, but you can find out by going to the manufacturers website.
890292
The sticker on it said it was 100% India copper. I haven't had it tested or anything but it looks like 100% copper to me.
516370
No, it's CCA "copper clad aluminum". The description didn't state this so I ordered it thinking it was....disappointed to say, it's NOT solid copper.
1172338
Unsure, they are stainless and attached however the copper layer is only in the base.
1882367
My pans do not say "stainless steel". I expect that they are not--perhaps a heavy aluminum. Best pans I've ever used!