Guide to know about Aluminum Wiring

During the period from just about 1964 to the mid 1970s, numerous homebuilders and electricians used aluminum wiring instead of more expensive copper. Primarily, it was believed that aluminum was a suitable alternative for copper, however several years after it was introduced in the housing market it was implicated as the reason in numerous house fires. The cause of many of these fires was traced to failures at the points where the wire associated to receptacles and other devices on 15 and 20 amp household or small appliance circuits. Even though inappropriate wiring techniques were deemed to be the reason of some of the problems, the intrinsic physical characteristics of aluminum wire was a main factor.