On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 04:23:20 GMT, "RichG"
wrote:

Hell, I owned a house that was wired with aluminum. With the right outlets
and switches, it was perfectly fine. With the wrong ones. it was a fire
waiting to happen. The subdivision that I lived in is a few blocks away from
this one and I haven't heard of an electrical fire since it was built in
'75. My buddy is a fireman and he hadn't heard of one either. Lots of
press. Some bad problems, but not as bad as most would make it out to
be...RichG

That's not true either. The problems were a lot less when they started
using the proper connectors. But they still persisted and so most
municipalities now don't allow aluminum house wiring. Some do, most
don't.

Steve