On 2/9/2013 10:35 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 09 Feb 2013 06:37:17 -0600, The Daring Dufas
wrote:

On 2/9/2013 5:49 AM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 2/6/13 8:06 AM, HeyBub wrote:
According to "This Old House":

http://magazine.foxnews.com/at-home/...ntcmp=HPBucket



I like the one suggestion about replacing wiring just because.
Forty years would be 1973. It's hard to imagine anyone doing that.

I was working for an electrical supplier around that time when aluminum
Romex started being sold due to a copper shortage. I still come across
40 year old aluminum NM cable in homes every now and then. O_o

TDD

If aluminum wire has been working for 40 years with no problems and
you don't screw with it, you probably won't have any problems but I
would still be vigilant about watching for overheating at the devices.
I still believe workmanship may be the biggest problem with aluminum
wire. Basically if your house hasn't burned down by now, it probably
won't.


The problem is, there will always be some moron who plugs two 1,500 watt
electric heaters into one outlet. ^_^

TDD