Aluminum To Copper Wire Connectors: An aluminum wired house means the whole house was wired with aluminum, instead of copper. When a house has aluminum to copper connections, this is when these two dissimilar metals connect between a device, such as an outlet, switch, lighting fixture…The issue comes…
Ways to check if your home has aluminum wiring or dissimilar metals in it: 1. If your home is built sometime in the 60s, it is highly likely it has aluminum wiring. 2. Call the city or county jurisdiction you live in. Their records department…
You Are Invited To Test Drive An Electrical Car: Loveland Water & Power & Drive Electric Northern Colorado (DENC) are hosting an electric vehicle “Ride & Drive” event. The events provides you with hands-on experience to test drive an electric vehicle. You will also learn…
Have you ever toured Fort Collins, Loveland or even Denver? The houses range from new to really, really old homes in some areas? What does this mean? The houses have decades of wiring from the 1900s to present. With this being the case, the codes…
Copper and Aluminum Wire Are Dissimilar Metals Dissimilar metals are not similar, unlike or different metals; for example, aluminum wire to copper wire, also copper-clad aluminum. Over most of the centuries of building houses, copper wiring was used to provide electricity to the home. There…
