I f you have aluminum wiring in your house, you might have a fire waiting to happen. Many houses built or renovated between 1965 and 1972 were wired with aluminum instead of copper, and those are ...

I have aluminum wiring in my house because it was built in the 50’s. My house purchase price was reduced from the asking price by the appraiser because of it.

QDEAR BARRY: My home was built in 1970 and has aluminum wiring for the wall outlets. My home inspector said this could be unsafe, so I hired an electrician. He connected short copper wires to all ...

Q–I recently bought a house and I believed its electrical wiring was copper. Recently I`ve come to suspect that the wiring actually is aluminum. I`m upset and worried since I`ve heard there are ...

Q. Last week, I installed a new circuit breaker in my electric service panel. While doing this, I noticed the 220-volt circuits are wired with aluminum. Unless I'm mistaken, aluminum wiring is a ...

Q. My home has aluminum wiring. In one of your articles, you recommended copper pigtails on the wire ends to eliminate a fire hazard. So I called my local building department to get their advice.

In the 1960s, aluminum house wiring was the subject of much attention because of the apparent fire hazards it created. It turned out that the cause of these house fires was not the wire itself, but ...

Aluminum wiring was installed for lights and outlets in many homes from the late 1960s through the early 1970s. Its use was curtailed when loose or improper connections were discovered to cause fires.