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Auminum Wiring
Submitted by HankJaworowski on March 15, 2010 - 8:01am.
Houses built between 1965 and 1972 may have aluminum wiring. In 1974, two persons died in a home fire caused by faulty aluminum wiring. The main problem with aluminum wiring is a phenomenon known as"cold creep". When aluminum wiring warms up, it expands. When it cools down, it contracts. Unlike copper, when aluminum goes through a number of warm/cool cycles it loses a bit of tightness each time. To make the problem worse, aluminum oxidises, or corrodes when in contact with certain types of metal, so the resistance of the connection goes up. Which causes it to heat up and corrode/ oxidize still more. Eventually the wire may start getting very hot, melt the insulation or fixture it's attached to, and possibly even cause a fire. After an extensive investigation of the cause of the fire, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission issued Publication 516, REPAIRING ALUMINUM WIRING . Aluminum wiring is typically marked with the word ALUMINUM or the symbol AL. Aluminum wiring is a very shiny silver and should not be confused with a tin/copper wire that has a very dull silver finish to it. Since most homes initially wired with aluminum wiring have had additional wiring installed, it is important to examine the labeling on the wiring.
Houses built between 1965 and 1972 may have aluminum wiring. In 1974, two persons died in a home fire caused by faulty aluminum wiring. Read more: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part2/section-16.html#ixzz0iFYc4eAL
Houses built between 1965 and 1972 may have aluminum wiring. In 1974, two persons died in a home fire caused by faulty aluminum wiring. Read more: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part2/section-16.html#ixzz0iFYc4eAL |