Speedy Petey
Licensed Electrical Contractor
What kind of hack fools are you hiring??When the apprentice 'electrician' pushes the outlet into the box with his foot with # 14 aluminum wire,....
You do have some preconceived notions, don't you?
What kind of hack fools are you hiring??When the apprentice 'electrician' pushes the outlet into the box with his foot with # 14 aluminum wire,....
I reiterate, DOES your supply house STOCK "small gauge" aluminum wires?
Please explain this comment and if you don’t mind back it up with something other than speculation.Installation of #12 aluminum would be a violation of common sense, and safety, installed carefully or by foot.
I have been working with aluminum conductors for many years and have never run into this situation before. I wouldn’t be afraid to say that I have installed more aluminum conductors than you have ever saw.And I find large differences in the flexibility of large aluminum wire, so the mills are not telling the truth about the allloys if you say they all use the same metal.
Aluminum wire was used in the 60's-70's as there was supposedly a shortage of copper. The stuff was junk. Working with it was tedious at best as the wire could not be bent much or it would break. And that is the reason aluminum wire has such a bad reputation and deservedly so......I worked as an electrician back then and had to work with this stuff and can tell you it was terrible.
The service entrance cables are often aluminum today and I see no problem with it. But I'd have nothing to do with a house wired with aluminum cable for individual circuits and it was from that era.........
Originally Posted by ballvalve
Installation of #12 aluminum would be a violation of common sense, and safety, installed carefully or by foot.
Thank you Rich. That is the answer to my to my original post. Some how this thing turned into a debate on aluminum wire which it was never meant to be. But it has been interesting reading. Maybe a new thread should be opened on the good and bad of aluminum wire.
Thanks to all that have responded
John
When you wire your house in 12g aluminum wire, be sure and buy all arc fault breakers.
Why not throw in some pics of burned up bodies, just to add to the drama.The only comment I have is Beverly Hills Supper Club fire,165 dead and it was blamed on aluminum wiring,but it
caused a big controversy and lots of law suits.
I didn't read every word of every post, but I don't recall seeing where anyone said they are going to wire their house with #12AL. Can you point that out to me?When you wire your house in 12g aluminum wire, be sure and buy all arc fault breakers. That will even out the cost with copper. And install extra smoke detectors, with copper wire, just to be sure.
I saw the bodies lined up I guess this why Al wiring became such problem.Why not throw in some pics of burned up bodies, just to add to the drama.
I didn't read every word of every post, but I don't recall seeing where anyone said they are going to wire their house with #12AL. Can you point that out to me?
Or is this just more over dramatics?
This is awkward, but...
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