[TowerTalk] Shack wiring

[Gary Schafer]

Aluminum is about the only thing that the power company uses nowadays 
for the drop cable to your house. But you do not want any aluminum 
inside the house.
Most places do not allow its installation anymore.

If you do have it inside you should retighten the connections about once 
a year. They do loosen up. Be sure to turn off the power when doing so. 
When aluminum is compressed it does not spring back like copper does so 
it does not have that built in tension.

73
Gary  k4FMX


Alan NV8A (ex. AB2OS) wrote:
> Al wiring is OK with the right fittings, isn't it? I see fittings in the 
> stores marked for use with Al. IIRC, the service drop from the pole to 
> the meter is still typically Al. Our wiring from the main breaker in the 
> garage to the 100A subpanel in the basement (which has the 
> branch-circuit breakers for everything but the garage) is Al.
> 
> Alan NV8A
> 
> 
> On 01/24/05 04:05 pm K4BEV at aol.com tossed the following ingredients into 
> the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:
> 
>> In a message dated 1/24/05 1:19:25 PM Central Standard Time, 
>> k7acz at cox.net writes:
>> Maybe check to see if your house has aluminum wiring with copper 
>> pigtails at the wall sockets and switches.  Was quite common in the 
>> 1970's or so and the wire nuts on the pigtails need to be tightened 
>> from time to time.
>> This is RIGHT ON!
>> Better yet - Get rid of the aluminum wire!!
>>
>> I wouldn't knowingly sleep in a house with Al wiring - The fire is 
>> just a matter of when.
> 
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