Aluminum Wiring in Homes around Washington DC

Don’t let this silent killer become your worst nightmare

If your home was built between 1966 and 1974 you may have aluminum wiring in your branch circuit cables throughout the bulk of your home. These wires are prone to connection problems, corrosion, over-heating and wall fires. The problem isn’t the aluminum per se — aluminum is used safely in other wiring products in your home with almost no issues — its the connections. In your branch circuits (the wires that go from plug to plug and light to light), there are 50 or more connections. Those connections are located in the device boxes throughout your home and over time they can become slightly loose and begin to get corroded. Aluninum wires expand and contract with heat cycling that occurs in the wires under load, and this results in loose connections. When this happens a chain reaction occurs, involving galvanic corrosion, heat cycling, formation of aluminum oxide on mechanical contact areas inside the splice, and more heating. This is where you begin to lose power, see lights flicker and may smell smoke at an outlet. Or maybe not. Sometimes the splice goes from crrosive failure to fire in weeks or days and you don’t get the time to decide what to do… So we recommend you call us for a free survey now. We can tell you where the aluminum wires are and we can correct your problems before they become power failures and fires.

There are a variety of remediation techniques available, and Solutions Electric has the experience and technical ability to make your home safe.

Please call: 301-879-8788 between 8:30 and 5:30 M – F, or email us your contact info at office@solutionselectric.com