re: Aluminum wiring in home

The first home I bought in Baton Rouge back in 1971 had Al wiring. I don't think I knew it was AL when I bought the 4 year old home.

Only problem I had was when the house was about 7 years old. I got up one morning to go to work, and about 1/3 of the electrical outlets in the house did not work.

The problem was that on the electrical meter, one of the connections coming into the house was not holding the wire down tight. The wire connection was loose and had gotten very hot and burned the connection.

I got an electrication to make the repairs. After talking with the electrical company, I found out that the home owner owns the meter pan, therefore they would not make repairs.... But why does the electrical company put that little wire lock on the meter pan door?

For the remaining years that I owned that home, I cut that wire lock [and carefully reinstalled it] so I could check the nuts to be sure the connection was tight. The first few years I did turn the nuts a little to get them tighter.

I also checked all the connections in the house breaker panel box. Never had any other problems in 10 more years owning the home.

FYI... that home got a little water in it back during the flood of 2016. The houses to the west of it stayed dry.