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amlutoyesterday at 5:08 PM0 repliesview on HN

If by “special” you mean ordinary low-cost lugs, then sure.

Check it out:

https://lugsdirect.com/WhyAluminumOverCopperFAQ.htm

And you can browse that site for lugs, and they’re mostly rated for aluminum and copper. Copper-only lugs are actually rather unusual.

Sure, you can’t stick copper and aluminum wires into a wire nut, and finding terminations for smaller-gauge aluminum wire can be hard. But for larger wire, it’s really no problem.