Rewiring An Antique Lamp

[Poindexter]

A couple years ago I inherited a reading lamp my Grandfather gave my Grandmother back in the 40s. It was functional, except the 3-way rotary switch needed to be replaced. The new switch had copper strand wiring, whereas the lamp's wiring was aluminum strand. Now I'm hearing it's not advisable to mate copper to aluminum. Too late, I already did. Using butt connectors. Am I in for problems?

 

[charlie b]

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