Also there are different brands. “Qest” seems to be bad while “Bow” perhaps a little better.

I am going on 40 years and getting pinhole leaks now. Not leaking at fittings but the pb pipe itself.

@@corniss Copper or bust.

Did you replace your piping yet?

@@mr.mediocregamer9653 Hell no. I don’t have time to do anything. There are still no leaks. Thank goodness

@@wcjcnc I just bought a townhouse and it's full of the stuff. I'm a new home buyer so I didn't understand the ramifications of what the house inspector was saying to me. He said it "may" need to be replaced one day. The house is 29 years old and now I'm terrified I'm going to wake up to a flood with a burst pipe. I'm looking into replacing it all with PEX if I can afford to do it.... Thanks for the quick reply.

More like an unfinished basement

I was also curious how 44 times (not 44%) statistic. This is 4400% higher. I'd like to read the source, but I wonder if it would compare 55 year old houses (1965) are 44 times more likely to have a fire than houses built in the last 5 years and using the 2014 NEC code. If correct, than it's not fair to compare 55 years with 5 years (11x difference), and compare buildings with arc-fault breakers to those without, and lastly compare houses with modern UL receptacles to those using low-quality, non-listed receptacles. But who knows, maybe it really is 4400% higher. Too bad there is no source.

If you do not understand electricity aluminum wires will lose its once it heats up you got pull that shit out it will drive crazy to trouble shoot pig tail sometimes will not work any more nolox will cut off the

CO/ALR (ALuminum-Revised) is the good one.

Jeannie Michelle Phillips dang I hope you kicked that place to the curb by now.

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Mark B. The Al alloy used during that period was inappropriate for branch circuits.

Hey mark! Go back to school! The aluminum boomy man does exist! The triplex aluminum service feed from the pole to your service panel, first of all is "open air"!!! It can cool from the environment! It is not in an enclosure, a raceway, an electrical box or behind the walls in contact with insulation, wood, walls etc. it can be seen and monitored. It also meets a service supply code that no residential home meets! Utilities are not subject to the same codes as residential or commercial buildings are! They have their own codes and are responsible only for that. The connections made from aluminum supply to residential copper service wires are done outside the home! With mechanical connectors designed specifically for that! If there is a failure it happens outside the dwelling! Suspended in air or underground. Every supply wire set installed by the utility provider is also fused at the pole in case of failure or overheating and is held in place by a guide wire tensioned from the pole to the buildings so it does not fall. You clearly have no idea how dangerous aluminum wire is inside a home! Keep your ignorance to yourself!

@@davidkarpen5686 You also clearly have a lot to learn. "fused at the pole in case of failure or overheating" is an example of your ignorance. Fuses and circuit breakers DO NOT protect against the wire overheating at connections, they only protect against dead shorts or overloads. If you have a loose connection, a breaker or fuse WILL NOT blow if a connection getting hot or arcing. If fuses could protect from arc faults and overheating connections, we wouldn't have AFCI breakers. "The connections made from aluminum supply to residential copper service wires are done outside the home" Actually, in the US, aluminium wiring coming into the breaker panel is quite common, and is completely safe when the connections are made correctly. It would be uncommon for the main service entry to be copper wire. As stated in this video, the problem with aluminium wiring is that the connections tend to get loose over time, as well as degrade from oxidization. As a result, resistance increases, and excessive heat builds up as a result. The wire itself isn't the problem, the connections are. The reason that aluminium wire is used for high tension wires is because compared to copper, it is light, strong, and cost effective. Using copper wire would be impractical because it is heavy and weak compared to aluminium, so the wires would break under their own weight. The reason has nothing to do with cooling.

Avery Alexander Apparently you have a reading and comprehension issue! You talk about arc fault or gfci. I never mentioned any of that in my comment! Second you say that fuses did not protect against overheating, in fact they do! That is how if use any circuit breaker work they were thermal devices you fucking moron! Yes they do also protect against dead shorts, but that is not the only function! Fuses and circuit breakers are rated in amps, and ampere Is a measure of heat as well as a measure of coulombs or the amount of electrons flowing in one ampere. A 100 amp fuse or circuit breaker is calibrated to fail with the amount of heat generated at 100 A. Inside of the circuit breaker is a bi- metal contraption that responds to temperature and is calibrated to its corresponding metric i.e. a 15 amp breaker trips when the heat associated with 15 A is exceeded, A fuse operates the same way!!! The calibrated wire inside of a fuse will burn up when the heat associated with the value of the fuses exceeded. They are not digital devices I can measure amps and shut down when exceeded!!!! You clown! When a fuse or circuit breaker sales due to a short circuit it is because the amount of heat generated exceeded its value! And finally, no shit! that it’s common for aluminum wire to be used as a service entrance into a service panel in a residential home!! I never said it wasn’t, I was referring to branch circuits. But just to clarify your ignorance, aluminum service entrance wire is terminated at the main breaker. That breaker is connected to the bus bar, all further branch circuits. I’ve taken off of the bus bar through the connections of all the circuit breakers, not from direct connection to the aluminum service entrance! Such as wire nuts or split connectors. So the aluminum entrance wire was never in direct contact with copper branch circuits!!! Additionally, the service panel enclosure is rated for incoming aluminum wire. Finally, finally, your comment about aluminum supply wire being stronger that’s the only reason it is used. Is false also!!! Aluminum has a higher resistance than copper!! This is simple physics, if you disagree with this you need to go live on a different planet where the laws of physics may not be the same. So aluminum supply wire consisting of a higher resistance especially on a long run does need to “cool” more than Copper would! Copper wire operates a cooler temperatures than aluminum again, simple physics! Aluminum however is much more cost-effective. And that is the reason why it is used for service supply cables! And because it is outside in a “open air” environment the utility providers I will not subject to the NEC see it as acceptable. We all have more to learn, that’s why you watch these videos! The original guy that I responded to, was writing flat out false comments rooted in ignorance, to make himself feel better about having aluminum wire in his house and not wanting to spend the money to upgrade it and make it safe! And then you decide to defend him! The entire concept of this video was that quotealuminum wire is inappropriate for use for branch circuits”. It’s obvious you have a tremendous amount to learn based on your comments to me on overcurrent protection devices et. al. Refrain from further comments before education.

@@davidkarpen5686 I am not going to argue with you. It is a fact that fuses and circuit breakers DO NOT protect against overheating connections or series arcing. Sometimes, a fuse or circuit breaker won't protect against parallel arcing either, depending on the duration of the arcing and the current draw. A fuse will only blow if more currant passes through it than it is rated for, which isn't always the case if a loose connection is overheating. If fuses and circuit breakers were effective protection against connections overheating, we wouldn't have house fires due to overheating connections. If a fuse or breaker would always blow when wiring or connections were dangerously hot, there would be no electrical fires. A loose connection will NOT result in excessive current draw, which is the ONLY thing that will blow a fuse. If anything, a loose connection will cause a DECREASE in current draw due to increased resistance, even though a tremendous amount of heat would be generated. I agree with you that aluminium wiring inside a house isn't safe, and I never said that it was.

Oh that's very sad. Sorry for your loss.

Patrick bennett` ME TOO!

Richard Perez. Each and everyday they are showing more and more evidence of myo/bio toxins. My mom is dead! I am chronically ill and my healthy son now has asthma! You are behind!

An apartment was so bad a damn mushroom grew. I’m sick as fuck! Fatigue, Migraines, Rashes, tingling down the arms and legs, eyes burning.... Shit. Moved, but brought the furniture and now I’m fighting spores. Symptoms all over again! Gonna buy a air filter ASAP!

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