here's the problem, or a big part of it, aluminum wiring. The house was built back in the early 70's when aluminum was thought to be a better alternative to the more expensive copper wire. yeah it was cheaper, but it's got it's problems. heating and cooling caused the connections to over time come loose and short out. what else can add to that is ants or other electricity liking bugs making nests in the socket.

the overall cure is to rewire the entire house with copper. WAY too expensive.

there are several options to pig tail aluminum to copper. some ok, some good, some not so good.

so....... after some research i've ordered 50 Alumiconn connectors. they recommend using 3 per outlet (Hot, Neutral, Ground) but i don't see the point of using the one for the ground wire. i'm only concerned about load carrying conductors of which the ground isn't one of them under normal conditions (sans ground fault).

so anyway, i will be posting later this weekend or early next week showing installation of the Alumiconn pig tail system.

So lemme ask you: will you or will you not have to beat the maid?

Even though that's an old one, it still sounds vaguely dirty...

:lol2: good one!

Woah!

It will be interesting to see what you find at the rest of the outlets. Are you doing the junction boxes too?

Oh Your going to have FUUUUUNNN !!!

Wouldn't be easier to torch the house and start over with a new one?

right on! but moving our stuff out before we torch it would suck. me thinks it's easier to fix'em :D

glatt, yeah the connectors will fit in the j-boxes so there's no worries there. here's a vid:

OH! in the video i'm going to make....i will be working both hot and cold.....just to make things interesting....and perhaps funny. who knows! :eek: :D

Oh yeah let me whip out my TORQUE screw driver !!!!
Give me a friggen break ,
Like EVERY home owner has one of those !!!


I Cringed when Glatt ( Escuse me for this ) used a Hinge pin to remove those wheel studs , i was Screaming in my head " Dude I have a Punch for that !!"
Then i remembered that not every one has the tools I have ,
so carry one , Rant done with

having used a torque screwdriver at the panel shop for a while i've got a good idea how much to torque with out an actual driver. 10-15 inch lbs. isn't much at all...considering i used to torque some terminals to 50 in. lbs. plus

another wasted day

pic you took?

plthijinx - you are a man of many talents. i wish i had just a fraction of your skills