A freind of mine called and said in his home his lights keep flickering , i know he has alum. wiring in the house . Just wanted to see what some of ya,ll think of something like this to what the problem might be or has anyone seen this before.
Thats what i was thinking heading there in the morning to help him, already fixed 1 problem, the alum. wire was burned and the light was not working probaly should go through the whole hose and pigtail everything out to copper, he will not want the house rewired with copper.
A freind of mine called and said in his home his lights keep flickering , i know he has alum. wiring in the house . Just wanted to see what some of ya,ll think of something like this to what the problem might be or has anyone seen this before.
I wouldn't be happy until I had found what's causing the lights to "flicker".
It certainly could be a bad sign.
And there are particular wirenuts that come pregooped with stuff for splicing aluminum and aluminum to copper, I very much encourage using them. Aluminum wiring can very much be a fire hazard. Especially when it's already known that there are bad connections.
Just what approved method do you plan on using ? Wire nuts are not safe or legal
And there are particular wirenuts that come pregooped with stuff for splicing aluminum and aluminum to copper, I very much encourage using them. Aluminum wiring can very much be a fire hazard. Especially when it's already known that there are bad connections.
Will probaly do the wire nuts with de-ox in them for it to pigtail or see if he will rewire the home with copper romex will be tough but a lot safer. Will post back up and let ya,ll know what was found.
I thought any product that is in our field is UL listed and or approved, (not to get into the exact verbage-here), but thinking about a house wiring and exactly what your saying is just not adding up...!
personally, I don't like UL listings. They'll list almost anybody who pays them enough. And I have seen far too much UL listed unsafe junk.
In this case a typical wire nut is not listed for aluminum wiring applications.
You have to be careful to not presume that a UL stamp means that the thing-a-ma-bob is approved for everything in the universe, cause it isn't true.
There are "specific" splicing methods listed for use with this nasty 10 and 12 AWG wiring that has a very real history of burning buildings down.
I'll see if I can locate a source.
A freind of mine called and said in his home his lights keep flickering , i know he has alum. wiring in the house . Just wanted to see what some of ya,ll think of something like this to what the problem might be or has anyone seen this before.
Does anyone know off hand if it would be legal and code compliant to use a standard wirenut with an antioxidant like "Noalox". I suppose you would have to look at the listing and labeling for the individual wirenut.
Yaw need to check out 110.14
I'm having a hard time beleiving that this concept is largely unknown.
totally true. you basically have to open every box in that circut and find the loose connection.Flickering, to me, means a bad connection somewhere and should not be ignored.