i am going to be careful not to overload. And I am also going to check out copper insulation.
Although appealing, I probably will not get electric blankets. and sad to say, we just bought a trailer in a mobile home park and it is near a power plant. But I am not going to worry about that. we did not have much choice.
Cindi
--- In DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com, Robert Rushing <rnrushing@...> wrote:
>
> In my opinion mobile homes are not so dangerous need to double
> your life insurance. Yes most mobile homes are cheaply made which
> results in them being a total loss in fire. I have been a professional
> fire fighter for 19 years and have made many mobile home fires. None
> that I remember were due to the manufactures installed wiring.
>
> Aluminum wire is safe. Aluminum conducts electricity fine. A lot of
> service lines are aluminum wire. The problem comes in when people splice
> aluminum and copper together or use devices that are not for aluminum
> wire. The dissimilar metals react and the oxidation causes increased
> resistance which may result in over heating. There are lots of
> conventional houses wired with aluminum. When I worked with an
> electrician, we did maintenance on an old apartment complex that was
> wired with aluminum wire. We made sure we used the right material and it
> is safe. It has never had a fire due to the wiring.
>
> I would not be too worried about what type of wire in the wall, but that
> you do not over load a circuit. If the home has 15 amp breakers, I would
> only run a 1500 watt heater on a circuit by itself.
>
> Robert R.
>
> > If you are living in a trailer that is wired with
> > aluminum wire, you are indeed living in an inferno just
> > waiting to happen, hence the suggestion that your life
> > insurance be doubled.
>
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