On Tue, 21 Feb 2017 21:43:09 -0600, philo wrote:

On 02/21/2017 08:47 PM, wrote:

Anyone who would use aluminum wire is an idiot
Actually, in a lot of situations it is still used today - very
successfully. Not used in residential wiring any more, but
particularly the 2nd generation stuff is fine, as long as it is used
with the proper connections. I had to pigtail the devices that I could
not replace with CoAlr devices, and the ACS Marrette is head and
shoulders better than the ****ty ideal wirenuts that were sold for the
job. There is no "plastic" in them and they are totally non-flamible.

I had all the wiring in the house "recertified" last year.




I repaired industrial equipment for 38 years and did see some power
transformers that had aluminum windings. After enough of them burned up
they went back to copper.


I would never ever use that crap.

There is plenty of aluminum wire being used out there but it is in lug
terminated devices not binding screws, although they fixed the screw
problem 40 years ago.
Since most lugs are aluminum themselves it actually can be a better
connection than you get with copper wire.