Aluminum wire
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charlie
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Re: Aluminum wire
Thanks Sam.
Thanks Sam.
peter d
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It looks like I'm going to have to eat my words too. Ideal's website makes no mention of the UL listing for the Purple Twister being withdrawn.
I would guess that if the listing was withdrawn, Ideal would have updated their website and/or discontinued the product.
Link to Twister product data
[ January 22, 2005, 11:09 PM: Message edited by: peter d ]
It looks like I'm going to have to eat my words too. Ideal's website makes no mention of the UL listing for the Purple Twister being withdrawn.
I would guess that if the listing was withdrawn, Ideal would have updated their website and/or discontinued the product.
Link to Twister product data
[ January 22, 2005, 11:09 PM: Message edited by: peter d ]
charlie
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Re: Aluminum wire
Thanks Peter, it looks like my statement was wrong.
Thanks Peter, it looks like my statement was wrong.
Re: Aluminum wire
Not entirely true Charlie. After reading some articles at other web sites one of them concluded that the "twister" wire nuts are not a recommended repair. One article at http://www.inspect-ny.com/aluminum/alreduce.htm stated "because of its smaller spring cross section, lack of a surrounding metal sleeve, and because its insulating shell and corrosion inhibitor are easily ignited and relatively free-burning, the ideal #65 twist-on connector is considered to have a lower certainty of permanent, safe, and complete correction than pigtailing with the scotchlock twist-on connectors". Also I read a very interesting article I got from the CPSC web site, (paper #516) that also says "pigtailing is not a recommended repair". Hope some of you find these 2 web sites useful, I sure did.Originally posted by charlie:
Thanks Peter, it looks like my statement was wrong.
pierre
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Cartman
You should take a close look at that site's info, and then go to Ideal's site to see their rebuttal of that report, then go to UL'a site. I talked with UL about the Ideal wirenut, and they have not had one report of a failure. They also told me the wirenut does not catch fire from heat, but needs a flame to ignite it, then it will burn. By the way, the report was written the year the 'new' wirenut came to market - a conflict of interest....?
Pierre
[ January 23, 2005, 12:20 AM: Message edited by: pierre ]
Cartman
You should take a close look at that site's info, and then go to Ideal's site to see their rebuttal of that report, then go to UL'a site. I talked with UL about the Ideal wirenut, and they have not had one report of a failure. They also told me the wirenut does not catch fire from heat, but needs a flame to ignite it, then it will burn. By the way, the report was written the year the 'new' wirenut came to market - a conflict of interest....?
Pierre
[ January 23, 2005, 12:20 AM: Message edited by: pierre ]
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