Major short in generator wiring - Pictures
Had a major short and near fire due to the wiring from my generator this past weekend. While on the road we had the gen running with the a/c going. The wife went to use the microwave and when she did ...
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Campinfan wrote:
When you put copper and aluminum together, you should apply some anti-oxidation guard (ox-guard from Lowes) compound. It comes in a tube. I like the idea of soldering the connections though.
National Electrical Code does not allow copper/cu and aluminum/al wire/conductors to come in contact/touch each other.
One way to splice/join together is with a split bolt with a separation bar within it. The cu conductor is put on one side of the bar and the al on the other. Also the al conductor must have anti-oxidation paste put on it.
Dusty
