Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:28:00 -0500
From: Bud 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair alt.building.construction misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Info to backup safety of aluminum wiring?

Duane Bozarth wrote:

> Harry Muscle wrote:
> 
>>OK, what I don't understand then is why a testing agency is able to
>>proof that for example a wirenut approved for aluminum can fail when
>>installed properly and under normal conditions.  If this wire nut is
>>part of the "proper" methods involved in installing aluminum wiring,
>>and when done properly is supposed to be completely safe, then why are
>>they able to prove that it's unsafe?
>>
>>I'm specifically refering to the information on the Ideal wire nuts
>>presented here www.inspect-ny.com/aluminum.htm (about half way down the
>>page).
> 
> 
> I know now what bugged me about the site...wonder if it's a front for or
> being run in conjunction with a lawyer or firm looking for ammunition
> for class liability lawsuit...

The site is run by a home inspector. His interest is that home 
inspectors encounter conditions that may be a hazard and should be 
reported in an inspection report. The site collects information and has 
web links on a number of issues.

On aluminum a lot of the information comes from the US Consumer Product 
Safety Commision and Jesse Aronstein, PH.D., P.E., who was a vice 
president at Wright-Malta Corp. Wright-Malta is a test laboratory that 
did extensive testing on aluminum wiring and associated devices. (The 
also did some testing on FPE circuit breakers for the CSPC.) I see no 
evidence that the inspect-ny web site is other than an honest attept to 
furnish unbiased information.

Bud--