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Default Stranded vs solid wire

Awl --

Apropos of the recent thread on wire nutting stranded with solid, are there
any inherent advantages of one over the other? #14-#10.

Stranded is more flexible, an advantage if you have to pull long runs in
bends in EMT, but I find it a pain when connecting outlets, etc.

Stranded can be dicey-er with nicks, missing strands.
But, stranded might give more contact area under screws, in breakers, etc.

At HD, stranded is $5 more on 500 ft coil of 14 and 12: $25 to $30, and $40
to $45.

BX/romex comes which way? Both?

Who uses what and when?
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