Scary Gary by Mark Buford for December 19, 2016

So much for multi-tasking death rays.

Finally! Gary has thwarted Leopold’s plans.

Obviously the house is a pre-1950 house and needs rewiring and a service entrance upgrade.After all, Gary has been around for hundreds of years and does not buy a new house until he needs it.

Blood oranges?

I lived in some apartments that had aluminum wiring. You don’t want that ever.

Night-Gaunt49 said,

“I lived in some apartments that had aluminum wiring. You don’t want that ever.”

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I was told that aluminum worked fine with use of the right connectors.

(Which is similar to saying you wouldn’t make mistakes if you always did the right thing.)

Electricity makes most of its way to us using aluminum wiring — outside and overhead.

Hah! For once, Gary foils Leopold’s scheme! (Even if he does so unwittingly….)

dhg said,

“Electricity makes most of its way to us using aluminum wiring — outside and overhead.”

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Night-Gaunt49 said,

@DavidHuieGreen

“I was told that aluminum was inferior to copper for that use.”

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Not for high tension power lines and service lines all the way to your electric meter.

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Inside the home, the wiring tended to be tied in the same way usually done for copper wires by twisting wires together. They would work loose, reduce contact, yield hot spots, cause fires