[Elecraft] KPA500 Voltage?

[Fred Jensen]

When my younger brother was finally out of the house for good, Mom and 
Dad bought a double-wide, sold the house in So. Central LAX, and moved 
south into a "Mobile Estates Park" in Costa Mesa.  The wiring was Al.  
About 3 years later, they had a problem in one of the outlets that 
involved a small amount of smoke.  That wasn't a serious incident, but 
Dad had to go around to each of the switches and outlets and put Cu 
pigtails on the Al wires to connect to the devices.  I never got a clear 
story about what caused the original problem or why this would fix it.  
But, I'm really wary of Al wiring in house in which we sleep.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

Lyn Norstad wrote on 11/14/2022 2:08 PM:
> Ed -
>
> I cringe when I think of aluminum wiring.  I know it's currently about half
> the price of copper, but a townhouse I lived in from 1979-1982 in Chicago
> caught fire because of aluminum wiring and copper outlets.  In fact,
> statistics show that 50% of home fires are due to aluminum wiring.
>
> Aluminum does not meet any current (pun by chance ...) building codes around
> here.  It's all copper. Has been for at least 40 years.
>
> If you're stuck with aluminum (and it's legal??), be sure to liberally apply
> antioxidant where needed.
>
> 73
> Lyn, WØLEN
>



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