Kary Krismer
04-12-2010, 07:57 AM
As an agent I've been using this site for over a year for information, but only registered recently. Now the system is complaining I haven't posted anything yet, so here's a post. Great source of information!
I have a listing built in the 70s with aluminum wiring (rather rare around here). The current owners had an electrician come in and pigtail copper at all the outlet/switch boxes (and yes I've read material here about that regarding the different types of connectors, that most seem to think it's better to replace all the wiring, etc.).
A recent purchaser walked for a number of reasons, but on thing their inspector called out that copper wire wasn't pigtailed in the breaker box. I've not heard that as being necessary if you're going this route for a fix. Is it? If so, does it depend at all on the breakers?
I have a listing built in the 70s with aluminum wiring (rather rare around here). The current owners had an electrician come in and pigtail copper at all the outlet/switch boxes (and yes I've read material here about that regarding the different types of connectors, that most seem to think it's better to replace all the wiring, etc.).
A recent purchaser walked for a number of reasons, but on thing their inspector called out that copper wire wasn't pigtailed in the breaker box. I've not heard that as being necessary if you're going this route for a fix. Is it? If so, does it depend at all on the breakers?