Harvey take the cover off of your galley receptacle and check. 66's had
both aluminum and copper.
I had the same wrapped wires in one of my lockers and they were copper as
was the univolt circuit. The rest were aluminum.
WAM
----- Original Message -----
From: Harvey Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of VACList <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 6:32 PM
Subject: [VAC] Re: Airstream Aluminum Wiring
> Dr. G.
>
> Thanks Gerald.
>
> The trailer, as purchased, had an amateurishly installed roof mounted air
> conditioner using a power cord dangling from the a/c and routed to a wall
> duplex receptacle. I found a blank receptacle cover in an overhead locker
> and removed the cover to find ac wiring, still wrapped, never terminated.
>
> I've been working on wheels, tires, backing plates, wheel bearings,
> plumbing, holding tank, and rotted floor so have not yet removed the
portion
> of the a/c roof mount that blocks access to the space between roof and
> ceiling to run the power cord through the ceiling to the receptacle in the
> cabinet. If I remember correctly, I saw copper wires when I removed the
> blank cover.
>
> I don't think the '66 has aluminum wiring but I thought it might be useful
> to hear from others whether '66 A/S used copper or aluminum or which year
> was the first with aluminum.
>
> Harvey
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dr. Gerald N. Johnson, electrical engineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Pull a receptacle cover and look at the wires. Copper is reddish brown,
> > aluminum is dull gray like the outside shell of the Airstream. My '68
> > Caravel built in Ohio has aluminum wires for the 120 volt circuits.
>
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