We all have a few items on our electrical to-do lists. Whether you’re putting in a light fixture, adding a ceiling fan or ...

What the manufacturers, the electricians and the public didn’t know was that aluminum wiring (especially the first generation made between 1965 and 1972) was going to end up causing a lot of fires.

The aluminum wiring must be copper wire pigtail spliced in order to connect to any commercial or residential grade receptacle ... I have aluminum wiring in my house because it was built in the 50 ...

Aluminum Wiring Requires Special Care. July 11, 2003. By Barry Stone. ... He connected short copper wires to all of the aluminum wire ends and secured these with regular wire nuts.

ADEAR JANET: Not all aluminum wiring is hazardous. Safety issues involving aluminum wire pertain to homes built from the late 1960s through the early 1970s and involved 110-volt circuits ...

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 ...

Aluminum (AU) wiring for house branch circuits was used in some houses from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. It was a less expensive alternative to copper (CU) wiring.

Most wiring in a house is sized to safely handle 15 or 20 amperes of electric current. ... a break in the wire insulation where a nail in the wall hit it, just old kinked wire insulation, etc.