ELECTRICAL SERVICE
If your home was built or rewired between roughly 1965 and 1973, it may have aluminum branch wiring which is a known fire hazard that insurers increasingly flag. The risk isn’t the metal itself; it’s connections that loosen, oxidize, and overheat over time. AC Electric has repaired aluminum wiring in Central Texas homes since 1984, using proven permanent-repair methods including COPALUM connectors.
THE RISK
Aluminum expands and contracts more than copper as it heats and cools, and it oxidizes differently. At outlets, switches, and junctions, that movement can loosen connections, create resistance, and generate heat. This is what leads to overheated outlets and, in the worst cases, fires.
The wire running through your walls is usually fine. It’s the connection points, that need to be corrected.
WARNING SIGNS
Before you assume the worst
Do not assume the worst on your own. The right move is an evaluation by a licensed electrician who can confirm what you have and what, if anything, it needs.
The goal is a permanent, safe connection between the existing aluminum wire and your devices. Depending on what your home needs, repair options include:
Gold Standard
A special metal cold-weld crimp that permanently bonds a short length of copper to the aluminum wire at each connection. Widely regarded as the gold-standard permanent repair.
Listed Alternative
A listed alternative connector used to make secure aluminum-to-copper terminations, where appropriate for your home.
When Needed
In some cases, replacing the affected wiring is the better long-term solution. Afer our electrical inspection, we will honestly tell you if this is the right path.
QUALITY WITH INTEGRITY SINCE 1984
Often, yes. Many insurers will not write or renew a policy on a home with unremediated aluminum branch wiring, and a documented, professional repair is frequently what they require. We can provide documentation of the work so you have it for your insurer or for a future home sale.
We can provide documentation of the work for your insurer or a future home sale
Wimberly
Dripping Springs
Buda
Kyle
San Marcos
Lakeway
Austin
Cedar Park
Round Rock
Pflugerville
COVERAGE
We repair aluminum wiring throughout Austin, South Austin, Westlake, Onion Creek, Dripping Springs, Wimberley, Buda, Kyle, Lakeway, Bee Cave, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, and Leander, including Austin’s older neighborhoods where 1960s and 70s homes are common.
Safety-critical work
Aluminum wiring repair is precise, safety-critical work where shortcuts are genuinely dangerous, which is exactly why it should be done by an experienced, licensed professional. AC Electric brings a Master Electrician (TECL #20902) and four decades of Central Texas homes to the job. We will give you an honest evaluation, do the connections right, and stand behind the work, the way we have since 1984.
TECL #20902
Licensed Texas electrical contractor.
40+ YEARS
Repairing Central Texas homes since 1984.
HONEST EVALUATION
We recommend what your home needs, not upsells.
DOCUMENTED REPAIR
Proof of professional remediation for insurers.
QUESTIONS
The wire itself can be fine, but the connections are the risk, and they tend to worsen with age. Most safety experts recommend professional remediation rather than ignoring it, especially if you are seeing warm outlets or other warning signs.
COPALUM is a permanent repair that uses a special crimping tool to cold-weld a short copper pigtail to your aluminum wire at each connection, so your devices terminate on copper. It is considered one of the most reliable long-term fixes.
Usually not. In many homes, correcting the connections with COPALUM or AlumiConn is sufficient and far less invasive than a full rewire. We will tell you honestly if rewiring is the better path.
It depends on the number of connections (outlets, switches, fixtures, and junctions) and the method chosen, so we provide a free estimate after evaluating your home.
Yes. We can document the repair so you have proof of professional remediation for your insurer or a future buyer.
SAFE, PERMANENT REPAIRS FROM A LICENSED MASTER ELECTRICIAN SINCE 1984
