Need some help

[KEVIN WOOD]

Agreed!

[Jim Port]

Originally Posted by dandersen

Because reporting aluminum branch circuits are a requirement in many states.

If you were a real home inspector, you may know this...

Reporting the presence of AL conductors is entirely different than making an issue of the usage of a substance that is not even required.

BTW, not everyone here is an HI. Some are licensed professionals in other trades.

[Jim Port]

Originally Posted by kwood

According to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), aluminum wire is more than 50 times more likely to have one or more connections reach electrical "Fire Hazard Conditions" than a home wired with copper.
Need we say anymore!

And this has little to nothing to do with the use or non-use of an anti-oxidant compound on the wire.

Loose connections with any conductor material can reach hazardous temperatures. The problem is the connections, not the conductor material. The AL is not failing between the connections.

The same can be said for the metallic sheath of a cable that is not grounded.

[Robert Meier]

Originally Posted by Jim Port

Reporting the presence of AL conductors is entirely different than making an issue of the usage of a substance that is not even required.

BTW, not everyone here is an HI. Some are licensed professionals in other trades.

Like you I thought that this was about the anti-ox on the conductors.

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by Robert Meier

Like you I thought that this was about the anti-ox on the conductors.

That what is started at but it Branched of and many have learned much about many things .
At least it has stayed on electrical mostly .
We love to hear from others and do appreciate the help they Give . Thanks .. Roy

Indecently anti ox ( no Corode ) is required in Canada Not sure about USA

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Originally Posted by rhensel

Thanks Joseph - But this thread is a good in in that when something meets the eye, it may appear to be one thing, but a few extra seconds can undercover another...one of the reasons I love this profession...

Exactly...

From someone that taught me many years ago...

"...you learn something every day...
the day you do not... you missed something...."

lol

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

I am going to see him tomorrow
He is elderly and in poor health...