Aluminum High Voltage Wiring

EBEBRATT-Ed

I have never seen aluminum fail either. As you know the branch circuit wiring that failed in the 60s & 70s houses was due to using receptacles and switches not designed for aluminum conductors. Not the wires fault.

Aluminum has been used on pretty near all overhead services and branch circuits for stoves and dryers for yeas and years with no issues.

ChrisJ

EBEBRATT-Ed said:

I have never seen aluminum fail either. As you know the branch circuit wiring that failed in the 60s & 70s houses was due to using receptacles and switches not designed for aluminum conductors. Not the wires fault. Aluminum has been used on pretty near all overhead services and branch circuits for stoves and dryers for yeas and years with no issues.

And power lines / transmission lines which in my opinion see huge temperature variations.  Some see -30 to the hot sun hitting them all day in the summer under load.

The fact it's been used in those applications for decades if not almost a century suggests it's perfectly fine when used appropriately.

hot_rod

I wonder about feeding steamers like that through a "salt less" water conditioner. The TAC type that claims to keep the minerals suspended, instead of the ion exchange. You should convince one of your customers to try that.

Solid_Fuel_Man

hot_rod said:

I wonder about feeding steamers like that through a "salt less" water conditioner. The TAC type that claims to keep the minerals suspended, instead of the ion exchange. You should convince one of your customers to try that.

I put one.of those in for a customer (they supplied it) and his wife said their dishes were just as cloudy after installation as before. I read up on them, keylation I think it's called. 

hot_rod

Ive trued them also on potable water, had the same experience 

The cloudy glass could indicate the  minerals have been held in suspension. So that could be a plus inside the boiler?