OT: Aluminum house wiring

[Daniel Donnelly]

Hello all;
before retiring, I spent part of my time playing electrician at one of
the larger institutions. Properly installed aluminum wiring can do an
excelent job, but my experience showed that the probability of failure
was far too high including causing
fires. If you possibly can, don't use it. If you find it, remove it.
Dan KC7VDA

On 5/21/09, Robert Groh <rgroh at swbell.net> wrote:
> Just an addition to my other response.  I did find a good reference on the
> web which, in a short and concise fashion, address the problem of aluminum
> wiring.
>
> <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part2/section-16.html>
>
> They make the point that the use of 'push in' terminals are an absolute
> no-no and should be replaced.  They also indicate that the replacement
> outlets should be rated for both aluminum and copper wiring.
>
> I may be a bit obsessive here but safe house wiring is, obviously, very
> critical.
>
> And it certainly doesn't help the RFI problem!
>
> 73
> Bob, WA2CKY
>
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