Great thread, worth bumping I think. I'm repairing my BOP connector as noted above and I am using stranded copper wire of the same gauge for the loops. But I noticed that the existing wires don't look copper (they look silver), is this because the previous owner soldered the wire to the crimp pin (flux all over the place too)? Just want to double check that there isn't some other kind of wire I should be using for the loops before I burn the house up.

Thanks,
Karen