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Are you just swapping out an outlet or are you having trouble with the outlet?
Aluminum wiring can be dangerous, it can overheat enough to start a fire without tripping the breaker.
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And what John said
Nah, aluminum is fine. All our feeder wire is aluminum in the commercial projects I do
Plus, typically range wire in houses
Sometimes HVAC feeds
Yeah but if it's old, you can't assume.
I just want to make sure he's not having a wire issue or if he's just swapping out an outlet.
I ❤ you @John O - bro, and I appreciate what you do😃
no homo
Haha
Good point, though. @Deleted User why are you switching it out?
I'm just swapping the light switch
I will be replacing the outlets once I recieve my order of these. https://www.homelectrical.com/alumiconn-2-port-lug-aluminum-copper-wire-pack-25.kic-95025.1.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI146X-uaA2QIV1brACh0xlgl7EAYYASABEgJI-_D_BwE
@Deleted User I saw that and almost had a brain aneurysm. But it's UL listed, guess it's good
It has the gel inside it that keeps the copper from oxydizing. Looked more sturdy to me than just buying the pigtail AL/CO caps and the gel.
I've been double and tripple checking all this stuff. I had an electrician fix the worst stuff.
Now I just want to change out the light sockets with the usb ones. Figured I could do that myself since I have done it before. Just have never done it with aluminum.
But with the light switch, I am good to go, right?
Yeah
Awesome. Thanks brother.
Np
I love DIY
I almost forgot this server existed. I'll have to post some before and after pics of the rooms I am renovating when I am done.
If you have any questions don't forget about us!
If your home was built before 1978 be mindful of lead paint/dust.
silica dust is yummy
They don't make you guys use the HEPA vacuums?
We use one, I work primarily in residential. We have to set up little containment barriers. And I have to keep up with OSHA lead saftey classes. That's every 5 years, plus all those other OSHA saftey classes(fall prevention, ladder, scaffolding safety, lock out/tag out for the occasion I'm in an industrial building ect...) Then for KY I have to take lead abatement classes, pretty much the same stuff as OSHA. It's a lot.
That's bullshit
We have attachments that suck the silica out of the hole while you drill. Pretty easy, and better than dying before you're 55
My carbide scraper has a vacuum attachment. I wear a respirator almost all day.
I wish they would buy us fucking respirators
I'm surprised they don't have them for you.
No, you have to get cleared by a doctor, and my company is huge, so they say no across the board
Wow, here they make PPE available to everyone. Cover their ass kind of thing.
Are you talking respirators or dust masks?
I use a respirator. I create lead vapor. But on big job sites if your messing with vapors they make respirators available. Dust masks as well.
Damn dood
I wish I had that
It's all these laws they passed on top of OSHA bullshit. It's to much sometimes.
I've been using a spiked pipe to make holes in the fireproofing/insulation/silica yummy along the ceiling, in order to lay pipe, etc.
Very fun