On 7/12/05, William Donzelli <aw288 at osfn.org> wrote:
I shudder when
I picture aluminum core wiring... I just have visions
of it evaporating under load! :-)
I am not sure how old youor house is, but beware - lots in the town have
(or had) Al. Mine did (rather, I am still yanking it out).
Wasn't that popular to install in the 1970s?
While I have no Al wiring in my 90-year-old house, I do have
knob-and-tube, which is why I ran two new 15A circuits to the back
bedroom for the computers.
-ethan