On Sunday, I was using the vacuum and it cut off on me. I fleetingly had the “YAY, now we can get the Dyson of my dreams” thought but found out the socket was bad not the vacuum. In all we replaced 4 sockets, 3 in one room. Why did we have to do that? Because the wires had melted to the socket and thus shorted out.
Does that sound like a fire hazard or what? If you google aluminum wiring, pages after pages result with bad news.
When we bought our house the home inspection came back with a note that we had aluminum wiring. We changed all the sockets and switches in the house after we moved in thinking we could get away with not paying for a re-wiring job. Ha.
I hate spending money on something like this (although I’d rather spend the money than have my house burn to the ground) because when you do a Home Improvement project you are supposed to be able to step back, wipe the dust from your hands and admire your work. I guess after the electrical contractor finishes the job, we’ll just admire that our house doesn’t explode and burn to the ground when we flip a switch.