When my younger brother was finally out of the house for good, Mom and
Dad bought a double-wide, sold the house in So. Central LAX, and moved
south into a "Mobile Estates Park" in Costa Mesa. The wiring was Al.
About 3 years later, they had a problem in one of the outlets that
involved a small amount of smoke. That wasn't a serious incident, but
Dad had to go around to each of the switches and outlets and put Cu
pigtails on the Al wires to connect to the devices. I never got a clear
story about what caused the original problem or why this would fix it.
But, I'm really wary of Al wiring in house in which we sleep.
73,
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County
Lyn Norstad wrote on 11/14/2022 2:08 PM:
Ed -
I cringe when I think of aluminum wiring. I know it's currently about half
the price of copper, but a townhouse I lived in from 1979-1982 in Chicago
caught fire because of aluminum wiring and copper outlets. In fact,
statistics show that 50% of home fires are due to aluminum wiring.
Aluminum does not meet any current (pun by chance ...) building codes around
here. It's all copper. Has been for at least 40 years.
If you're stuck with aluminum (and it's legal??), be sure to liberally apply
antioxidant where needed.
73
Lyn, WØLEN
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