PHOTOS: Runaway overheating of aluminum-wired receptacle and pigtail splice at less than rated current.
(From tests at Wright-Malta Corp. for Consumer Product Safety Comm.)
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General
CPSC Report “HAZARD ANALYSIS - ALUMINUM WIRING”
Aluminum Wire Hazard briefly stated in 1971 LETTER BY SOUTHWIRE VP
AN UPDATED VIEW OF THE ALUMINUM CONTACT INTERFACE (IEEE Holm Conf. 2004)
REPORT - HOW FIRES START FROM OVERHEATING ALUMINUM CONNECTIONS
TABLE OF CONTENTS - BOOK “HOT CONNECTIONS: ALUMINUM WIRE ...”
VARIOUS TYPES OF ALUMINUM CONNECTION FAILURES IN HOMES (Holm Conf. 1991)
ELECTROMIGRATION AS A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF FAILURE (Holm Conf. 1996)
Field Surveys and Measurements in homes
FRANKLIN RESEARCH EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (FOR CPSC)
INSPECTION AT RAVENSWOOD - Affidavit of R. Noonan (CPSC)
OVERHEATING ALUMINUM-WIRE CONNECTIONS IN TORONTO HOMES
Connectors for Pigtailing - Lab Tests and Field Failures
REPORT - LAB TEST FAILURES OF ALUMINUM WIRE TWIST-ON CONNECTOR SPLICES
WRIGHT-MALTA TEST RESULTS (for CPSC)
EVALUATION OF CSA “SPECIAL SERVICE” CONNECTORS (Holm Conf. 1982)
LAB TEST FAILURES OF IDEAL #65 “TWISTER” (Holm Conf. 1997)
FIELD FAILURES OF IDEAL #65 “TWISTER” PIGTAIL SPLICES (Holm Conf. 1999)
INFLUENCE OF ABRASION AND INHIBITOR ON PIGTAIL CONNECTIONS (Holm Conf.1983)
CPSC PUBLICATION 516 - REVISED 2011
EVALUATION OF A SETSCREW CONNECTOR FOR ALUMINUM WIRE (Holm Conf. 2007)
“New technology” - Alloy Wire & CO/ALR Wiring Device
COALR May not be adequate - ADVISORY TO PASS & SEYMOUR SALES FORCE
COALR Receptacle Failures - ONTARIO HYDRO REPORT
COALR Receptacle Failures - LETTER REPORT TO UL
GE REPORT OF LEVITON CO/ALR FAILURES
ALLOY ALUMINUM WIRE FALLS SHORT IN LAB TESTS
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