wrote:

Yep it is a big deal. No way to tell from the picture if the charger was at
fault or the outlet was to blame. Looks like AL wiring, Ace hardware has the
best deal on small quanties of AL devices that I have found. My home is AL
as well.

Might be time to check your devices and look for the AL-CU rating on them.
Properly installed there is nothing wrong with AL. NOTICE I said properly
installed. When I moved into my home I checked all of the outlets and
replaced all of the switches, SO wanted rocker ones. Found a few that were
a tad loose. Gee installed in 1975 I am not surprised.


Yep its aluminum wiring. Could you please clarify "check your devices
and look for the AL-CU rating on them."? and what you mean when you
say "AL Devices"? I know next to nothing about this stuff.

Thanks!


There is a good explanation he
http://www.inspect-ny.com/aluminum.htm
with links to more.

If indeed you have a home with aluminum wiring
you could be sitting on a serious problem.
Today's incident may just be a taste of events waiting to happen.
(I don't mean to sound alarmist.)

See:
http://chrisdhilton.com/newsletters/aluminum_wiring.htm

and GOOGLE: CO/ALR or Aluminum Wiring

Dig up all the info you can before making any rash decisions.

Jim