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Posted by Speedy Jim on March 22, 2006, 3:15 pm
RayV wrote:
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> Been in our surrent house for 10 months now. One of the earlier
> 'fixes' was to replace all of the old dark brown outlets(most were
> painted) with white ones. Everything went smooth and I didn't find a
> single outlet wired backwards or ungrounded.
>
> present day...
> I was changing some of the wiring in the garage and found 10-2 wire, no
> breaker is over 20 amps. Simply disconnecting a wire from the fixture
> caused the end to snap. Closer inspection revealed what looks like
> copper-coated aluminum wiring.
>
> Did they ever make such a thing?
> The house was built in 75 and from all appearances everything has been
> untouched since then except for one bathroom.
> Are there any hard & fast ways to identify non-copper wiring from the
> sheathing? All of the wiring in the house is romex, no bx.
> If it is copper-coated aluminum what are my options other than never
> sleeping again?
>
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> 'fixes' was to replace all of the old dark brown outlets(most were
> painted) with white ones. Everything went smooth and I didn't find a
> single outlet wired backwards or ungrounded.
>
> present day...
> I was changing some of the wiring in the garage and found 10-2 wire, no
> breaker is over 20 amps. Simply disconnecting a wire from the fixture
> caused the end to snap. Closer inspection revealed what looks like
> copper-coated aluminum wiring.
>
> Did they ever make such a thing?
> The house was built in 75 and from all appearances everything has been
> untouched since then except for one bathroom.
> Are there any hard & fast ways to identify non-copper wiring from the
> sheathing? All of the wiring in the house is romex, no bx.
> If it is copper-coated aluminum what are my options other than never
> sleeping again?
>