I just purchased a 1970 mobile home that has aluminum wiring in it. When I saw that none of the outlets or switches were rated for aluminum wiring I went out and bought those that were rated for aluminum wiring. Looking at each of the terminations I see that somebody did a very good job of pigtailing a piece of copper wire to the aluminum wire and then attaching the copper wire to the outlet or switch. All wire nuts have the black grease in them and all the connections seem to be very sound, that is, well twisted and wire nuts completely covering the connections and screws are tight. My question is should I replace these outlets with the aluminum rated outlets that I just purchased or should I leave what looks to be a safe termination as it is? And if I should switch it out do I need to get a piece of aluminum wire to pigtail or do I just attach the two wires straight to the outlet or switch? I hope I've been clear and asking my question.
Aluminum wiring termination
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I am closing this thread in accordance with forum rules. If you are not an electrician, we are not permitted to assist you in performing your own electrical installation or maintenance work.
If installing stuff is not your occupation, then we can’t help you install stuff. You would have had to agree with that rule during the process of registering on the forum.
The reason is that the forum’s owner does not want a person to get an answer to the question they asked, but not get answers to the dozens of other questions they should have asked and were unaware they needed to ask. Mike doesn’t want anyone to get injured by any incidents related to electrical installations. But he also doesn’t want to be sued by the injured party’s relatives on the basis of him not telling you enough to keep you safe.
If installing stuff is not your occupation, then we can’t help you install stuff. You would have had to agree with that rule during the process of registering on the forum.
The reason is that the forum’s owner does not want a person to get an answer to the question they asked, but not get answers to the dozens of other questions they should have asked and were unaware they needed to ask. Mike doesn’t want anyone to get injured by any incidents related to electrical installations. But he also doesn’t want to be sued by the injured party’s relatives on the basis of him not telling you enough to keep you safe.
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