Your Light is Flickering. What Could It Be? Aluminum?
By Ron Trzcinski, 410-935-5844
(410-935-5844 Office)
Your Light is Flickering. What Could It Be? Aluminum? A flickering light could be any one of a number of things. The light bulb is burning out, the light fixture is worn out, the light switch or socket has a problem, or there is something wrong with the wiring. Let's stick with the idea of wiring being the problem and, in particular, with the wiring be aluminum. Many homes built around the 1960s and 1970s were constructed with aluminum wiring as a less expensive alternative to copper wiring. Aluminum by itself is not a problem. It only becomes a problem when it is connected in an inadequate way to a dissimilar metal. The concern with aluminum wiring presents itself not just when a switch, outlet, or fixture stops working adequately, but, more important, that it creates a fire hazard...
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