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John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt

On 02/21/2017 10:43 PM, 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.

The underground wire from the poco transformer to my meter as well as
meter to entrance panel is all aluminum...though I do have it inspected
every 5 years...no burnt terminals yet.